Ohio American Government AIR Test Standard 9

Which amendments were called the "reconstruction amendments" or the "civil war amendments"?

• 1-10

• 18, 21

• 13, 14, 15

• 16, 19, 21

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• Gave all black people the right to vote

• Gave everyone the right to vote

• Gave women the right to vote

• Gave black men the right to vote

What does the term ‘suffrage’ mean?

• Suffering

• The right to vote

• Lack of respect

• a political movement

This amendment abolished slavery. 

• 12th 
• 13th 
• 14th
• 15th

Amendment to the US Constitution that ensured the citizenship of former slaves.  It provides “equal protection of the laws” for all U.S. citizens.

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• Civil Rights Act of 1866

Amendment to the US Constitution that forbade any state to deny any citizen the right to vote due to “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

What was the primary reason the Civil War was fought?

• taxes

• economics

• slavery

• westward expansion

What does "disenfranchised" mean?

• To not have voting rights

• to not be allowed to own a buiiness

• to have your freedom of religion revoked

• to not be able to own property