USII SOL 3ab Review

Slavery was abolished as a result of the - 

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Freedman's Bureau

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

Which statement best describes the 13th Amendment?

• Bans slavery in the US and all its territories

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the US and guarantees equal protection under the law

• Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Guarantees employment to all previous slaves

Which statement best describes the 15th Amendment?

• Bans slavery in the US and all its territories

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the US and guarantees equal protection under the law

• Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Guarantees employment to all previous slaves

Which statement best describes the 14th Amendment?

• Bans slavery in the US and all its territories

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the US and guarantees equal protection under the law

• Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Guarantees employment to all previous slaves

Which group of people was most affected by the passing of the 14th Amendment?

• Politicians

• African Americans

• Plantation Owners

• Northern Soldiers

What was the result of passing the 15th Amendment during Reconstruction?

• African American rights increased

• Women received equal rights

• Expanded rights for First Americans

• Rights were taken away from plantation owners

What is the best title for the graphic organizer?

• Amendments that address civil rights issues

• Amendments found in the Bill of Rights

• Amendments that address federalism

• Amendments that address privacy rights

Which amendment does the sign most likely refer to?

• 13th

• 21st

• 19th

• 14th

Which of the following statements explains how the 14th Amendment shaped relations between the national and state governments?

• Southern state governments were required to ratify it in order to be readmitted into the Union.

• Southern state governments did not pass laws that conflicted with it.

• The unresolved issue of states' rights led some southern states to nullify the amendments.

• Recognition of the supremacy of federal law over state laws led to military occupation in the South.

Read the definition and then identify the term for this definition.

• Confederates

• Unionists

• Abolitionists

• Carpetbaggers