Which of the following statements is true of the Fourteenth Amendment?

a$.$ It prevented the federal government from intervening in the states to protect the civil rights of Americans.

b$.$ It guaranteed African American men the right to vote.

c$.$ It prohibited all states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person.

d$.$ It allowed states to deprive any person the right to life, liberty, or property without due process of law.

e$.$ It abolished the principle of "birthright citizenship"$-$ citizenship for all persons born in the United States.