Reconstruction Amendments

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

From which amendment is this text taken?

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment

Which of the following events marked the symbolic ending of the abolitionist movement?

• the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln

• the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

• the congressional ban on the importation of slaves

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

From which amendment is this text taken?

• the Thirteenth Amendment

• the Fourteenth Amendment

• the Fifteenth Amendment

• the Sixteenth Amendment

The Declaration of Independence states, "[A]ll men are created equal . . . endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." Which amendment to the US Constitution BEST represents this ideal?

• Fourth Amendment

• Ninth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Twenty-sixth Amendment

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment was, in part, a reaction to which of the following?

• discrimination that prevented women from gaining employment

• efforts by Southern states to restrict the rights of African Americans

• political instability due to the imprisonment of Confederate politicians

• carpetbaggers from the North who sought to profit from Reconstruction

In July of 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in order to

• provide the necessary funding to begin rebuilding the cities and roads that were destroyed during the war.

• outlaw slavery in the United States and free those who had been forced into slavery in the former Confederate states.

• recognize newly freed slaves as citizens and ensure that they were awarded all the same protections under the law as all other citizens.

• establish punishments for "carpetbaggers" who moved to the South following the war in order to profit from the destruction caused by the conflict.

What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution do?

• It gave African American male citizens the right to vote.

• It made slavery illegal in the United States.

• It granted citizenship to all African Americans born in the United States.

• It outlawed actions aimed at denying voting rights.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution 

• enacted limits on presidential powers

• increased legal protections for African Americans

• nullified certain provisions of previous amendments

• extended voting rights to different groups of United States Citizens.