Unit 11 Lesson 2 - Reconstruction Amendments 13,14,15

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865? (a)  

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Match the amendment with the protection it guarantees

• 13th

  Amendment

• Ensures all persons born in the U.S. have the right to vote regardless of

  race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

• 15th

  Amendment

• Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. regardless of race, color,

  or previous condition of servitude.

• 14th

  Amendment

• Bans slavery in the United States and all of its territories.

During Reconstruction, what were Confederate States required to do before they

could be readmitted into the Union?

(a)  

• Adopt Black Codes
• Ban Jim Crow Laws
• Adopt the 14th Amendment
• Pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866

Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869? (a)  

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868? (a)  

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

What does abolish mean? (a)  

• to get rid of
• to make shiny

The Reconstruction Amendments are also called the _________________.

• Progressive Era Amendments
• Civil War Amendments

Southern states passed these laws that restricted African American's freedom.

• The Blue Codes
• The Black Codes

Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote?

• YES
• NO

After the Reconstruction Amendments were passed, this white supremacist terrorist group was created.

• The Southern Order
• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)