What was the context of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Reconstruction Part 2

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed citizenship rights for persons born in the United States
The Fourteenth Amendment established military districts within the former Confederate territory
The Fourteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States
The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African American males
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Samuel was a slave who worked for a cotton farmer on a plantation in southern Alabama before the Civil War. Samuel was granted freedom, citizenship, and the right to vote during Reconstruction. How could his 15th Amendment rights be worked around?
Through things such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
Through continued open discrimination that persisted despite the 15th Amendment.
After the 15th Amendment, there were no problems with former slaves being able to vote.
Through laws that stated that former slaves could not vote.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Marianne immigrated to the United States from Europe in search of better opportunities for herself and her future family. While in the process of applying for US citizenship, Marianne gives birth to a child. Why was the 14th Amendment important to Marianne?
Because it gave her and her baby citizenship.
Because it paved a way for equality between immigrants and Americans who were there for generations.
Because it gave her child citizenship.
Because it finally resolved the tax system.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the Reconstruction Amendments remains controversial to this day, with constant calls for its reversal?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
2nd Amendment
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments?
These amendments were aimed at fixing a broken, post-Civil War nation.
These amendments were created before the Civil War but were not ratified by the states until after the war was over.
These amendments were used to further segregate slaves from the white population.
These amendments were created after the Revolutionary War in order to unify a once fractured nation.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was Reconstruction a historic era for African Americans?
It was a time where the political power of the few African Americans in office began to be eroded, showing that there had not actually been much progress made.
It was a time when African Americans could pursue economic independence, education, religion and political interests.
It was a very oppressive era that formed the grounds from which so much of the systemic oppression that exists today took root
It provided a unique opportunity to escape the brutality of slavery through the chance to purchase their freedom.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Hiram Revels work to restore the south after the Civil War?
As a senator, he endorsed principles like granting amnesty to former Confederate soldiers.
As a missionary, he would make contact with former Confederates to bring reconciliation between them and their Union brethren
As governor, he advocated for the reconciliation of former Confederates with their Union counterparts.
As an educator, he advocated for curriculum that told of the brutality of the Civil War while not demonizing the Confederacy.
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