<h2>The court claims that the purpose of the 14th Amendment is “to enforce the absolute equality of the two races before the law” but not “to abolish distinctions based upon color, or to enforce social, as distinguished from political, equality, or a commingling of the two races upon terms unsatisfactory to either.”</h2>
<span>The correct choice is B. A gust of wind rose. Since it explicitly indicates the action taken. Likewise, the verb "elevate" within the sentence context is indicative of the simple past tense, which denotes the participatory phrase in the sentence.</span>
