Reconstruction Amendments

Which of the Reconstruction Amendments addressed the right of African-American males to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Which of the Reconstruction Amendments has led to most landmark cases of the 20th century?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The 16th Amendment

The 15th Amendment gives the right to vote to...

• African-American males

• African-American men and women

• All citizens (men and women)

• White men without property

Which state elected the first African-American US Senator?

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Mississippi

• Tennessee

Which of these was NOT a method using to prevent blacks from voting in the South?

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests

• Income taxes

• The "Grandfather Clause"

When the 15th Amendment was ratified, former field slaves who remained in agriculture became known as...

• sharecroppers

• farm workers

• new slaves

• None of these

What man was used as the symbol for anti-black laws in the South?

• John Kennedy

• Jim Crow

• Jack Law

• Johnny South

What three amendments are considered the Reconstruction Amendments?

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd

• 13th, 14th, 15th

• 25th, 26th, 27th

• 4th, 5th, 6th

Besides the 14th Amendment, what amendment (in the Bill of Rights) addresses Due Process?

• 1st Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

Southern laws meant to keep African-Americans socially and politically inferior to whites were called...

• Black codes

• Slave codes

• Reconstruction Amendments

• Poll taxes