The 13th Amendment

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

In the ______ the number of votes each state gets is based on its population size

• Senate

• House of Representatives

Which describes the Three-Fifth Compromise?

• A compromise between small and large states to determine representation in Congress

• A compromise between the Northern and Southern states to determine how slaves count in Congress

• Part of Congress that represents each state with equal amount of votes

• Part of Congress that represents every citizen in a state based on population size

The northern and southern states disagreed over which issue regarding the House of Representatives?

• Should slaves be counted as part of the population?

• How much power should the central government had?

• How do we represent every citizen in the nation?

How were slaves counted in the population to determine the number of representatives in Congress?

• Three of every five slaves were counted as one person

• Each slave counted as one person

• Each slave made up 1/4 of a person

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

• TRUE

• FALSE

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Confederate president Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Johnson

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

• The thirteenth amendment

• The nineteenth amendment

• The fifth amendment

• The first amendment

• The twenty-first amendment

What fraction of the House of Representatives and Senate must pass a proposed amendment before it goes to the state legislatures for ratification?

• 2/3
• 3/4
• 1/2
• 1/4

Who ratifies an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• the President
• the states
• Congress
• the Supreme Court