13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

The ___________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, gave citizenship to former slaves.

• A. 1st

• B. 12th

• C. 13th

• D. 14th

• E. 15th

The ____________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that no state can deprive anyone of due process and equal protection under the law.

• A. 12th Amendment

• B. 13th Amendment

• C. 14th Amendment

• D. 15th Amendment

• E. 19th Amendment

Until the ___________ Amendment was passed, the Bill of Rights, which are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, did not apply to the states. Before the __________ Amendment, the federal government couldn't take away a person's rights, but states could, at least to the extent their own constitutions allowed.

• A. 13th

• B. 14th

• C. 15th

• D. 19th

• E. 20th

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were created as a direct result of this event in American History.

• A. The American War of Independence

• B. The War of 1812

• C. Shays' Rebellion

• D. The Civil War

• E. World War I

The __________ Amendment was intended to give newly-freed slaves every right and freedom that everyone else enjoyed under the Bill of Rights.

• A. 13th

• B. 14th

• C. 15th

• D. 16th

• E. 17th

It is the __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished (got rid of) slavery.

• A. 1st

• B. 5th

• C. 13th

• D. 14th

• E. 15th

Section 1 of the __________ Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

• A. 1st

• B. 13th

• C. 14th

• D. 15th

• E. 20th

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed discrimination in voting rights.

• A. 1st Amendment

• B. 2nd Amendment

• C. 13th Amendment

• D. 14th Amendment

• E. 15th Amendment

The amendment to the U.S. Constitution which outlawed discrimination in voting rights did so based on...

• A. race

• B. color.

• C. previous condition of servitude.

• D. A, B, and C.

• E. None of the Above.

This was a tactic used by Southern states to eliminate or get around the amendment to the U.S. Constitution which outlawed discrimination in voting rights.

• A. Grandfather Clause.

• B. Poll Taxes.

• C. Literacy Tests.

• D. A, B, and C.

• E. None of the Above.