Chapter 7.1- Changing the Law of the Land Quiz

What step did the Framers of the Constitution take to win the support of the southern states for ratification?

• Did not abolish slavery.

• Allowed slaves to be counted in a state's population.

• Allowed runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.

• All the above

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Tensions grew between the northern and southern states over what?

• Power in Congress.

• Slaves in population counts.

• Abolishing slavery.

• All the above.

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After the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court decided that the Constitution interpreted that it allowed what?

• Freedom.

• Slavery.

• Voting.

• Segregation

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Which of the following finally ended the slavery issue?

• The Dred Scott decision.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Thirteenth Amendment.

• The Constitutional Convention.

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The Fourteenth Amendment did what?

• Abolished slavery.

• Gave African Americans citizenship.

• Gave African Americans separate but equal standards.

• Outlawed racial discrimination.

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Why is the Fourteenth Amendment called the second Bill of Rights?

• It says that states must respect citizens' rights.

• It was ratified right after the Bill of Rights.

• It replaced the Bill of Rights.

• It gave citizenship to African Americans.

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What two later amendments expanded on the Fourteenth Amendment?

• The Fifteenth and Twenty-seventh Amendment.

• The Sixteenth and Twenty-fourth Amendment.

• The Thirteenth and Seventeenth Amendment.

• The Fifteenth and Twenty-fourth Amendment.

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The Twenty-Fourth Amendment ended what?

• Racial Discrimination.

• Equal Protection.

• The Poll Tax.

• All the above.

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Women were denied the right to vote because some people thought...?

• Women would leave their family responsibilities.

• Women were less intelligent than men.

• Women would not be able to make political decisions.

• All the above.

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What was the name of the support group that pushed for the Nineteenth Amendment?

• Suffragists.

• Hippies.

• Young Adults.

• None of the above.

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