Recon. Amendments and People matching

Match the Reconstruction Amendments with their correct descriptions.

• 15th Amendment

• • Grants citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guarantees them equal protection under the law.

• 13th Amendment

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

• 14th Amendment

• •  Bans slavery, except for felonies, in the United States and all of its territories.

Match the following people with their correct description.

• Frederick Douglass

• • Urged Southerners to reconcile with Northerners at the end of the war and reunite as Americans when some wanted to continue to fight

• • Abraham Lincoln

• Sought to reconstruct the nation by bringing Southern states back into the Union when 10 percent of voters accepted the end of slavery and reunion

• • Robert E. Lee

• Fought for adoption of constitutional amendments that guaranteed voting rights