Impact of the Reconstruction Amendments

 Use what you have learned to decide which amendment was meant to protect against each form of discrimination.

Description of Black Code:

Many towns did not allow African American people to rent or own homes there.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Use what you have learned to decide which amendment was meant to protect against each form of discrimination.

Description of Black Code:

State laws often prevented non-white men from voting if their grandfathers were enslaved.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Use what you have learned to decide which amendment was meant to protect against each form of discrimination.

Description of Black Code:

African American people were often forbidden from meeting after dark. Daytime meetings were allowed only with written permission.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Use what you have learned to decide which amendment was meant to protect against each form of discrimination.

Description of Black Code:

State laws said that white landowners could rent African American workers from the state and that these landowners did not need to pay those workers.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Use what you have learned to decide which amendment was meant to protect against each form of discrimination.

Description of Black Code:

State laws forbid African American men from carrying or using weapons unless they had special permission from a judge.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Using your knowledge of the three Reconstruction amendments, identify which of the amendments apply to this scenario.

In 1875, a black man  living in Texas was not allowed to vote. Which amendment is being violated?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Using your knowledge of the three Reconstruction amendments, identify which of the amendments apply to this scenario

A Southern plantation owner continued to have slaves on his plantation after 1865. Which amendment is being violated?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Using your knowledge of the three Reconstruction amendments, identify which of the amendments apply to this scenario:

A black man was elected as a United States Congressman in the election of 1872. Which amendment resulted in this accomplishment?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Using your knowledge of the three Reconstruction amendments, identify which of the amendments apply to this scenario:

A freedman in South Carolina was treated unfairly and denied his rights as a citizen of the United States. Which amendment is being violated?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments

Using your knowledge of the three Reconstruction amendments, identify which of the amendments apply to this scenario:

In 2020, a human trafficker was caught with young girls in his barn, chained to the floor. Which amendment is being violated?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• None of the Amendments