Monday SS Quiz

What do we call the period after the Civil War where they were trying to bring the country back together?

• Freedman's Bureau

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• Reconstruction

• None

When Congress makes a change to the constitution it is called an _________

The ____amendment made slavery illegal in the United States and win all of its. territories.

What did Lincoln issue that freed slaves in the southern states, but not in the western territories and border states.

• 13th amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Free Slaves Act

• 14th amendment

The ___amendment grants citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.

The ___amendment gives all African American men the right to vote.

Southern states tried to ignore the "equal protection" part of amendment 14, by doing what?

• refusing to follow the law

• hiding enslaved men so they can't vote

• trying to pass laws that limit African American rights.

• Pass laws saying they don't have to listen to Congress

The 15th amendment granted African American men to vote, but it excluded American Indians and ______.

Match the following

• Marie is sent to prison b/c someone thought that she was shoplifting. She did not get a fair trial.

• 15th

• John is planning to vote, but is not allowed because he is African American.

• 13th

• The leader of the hospital refuses to allow nurses to take breaks or get paid for their work.

• 14th

• During the time of segregation, students go to school with students of the same skin color.

• 13th

• Bob is a farmer & gets permission from the state to force his employees to work without pay.

• 14th

How does the 13th amendment affect American life?

• More job opportunities were open for African Americans

• Gave equal rights to everyone

• African Americans could now vote.