The original 10th amendment from the bill of right stated that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states respectively or to the people.” (cooper class notes). This amendment is now as the “States Rights”, these rights were meant to have a separation between state government and federal government, just like the separation of state and church, there needed to be a balance between level of governments. This helped the government keep a balance been them and also make sure that no American rights were being violated. In contrast the 14th amendment stated that “granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In
