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No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
—14th Amendment, Section 3, 1867
What was the purpose of this section of the 14th Amendment?

to change the method for electing candidates for public office

B to keep former Confederate officials from holding public office

to make the legislative branch more effective by reducing its size

D to require elected officials to take an oath before being allowed to serve