iCivics Pushing Toward Civil Rights Unit Test

What were the first ten constitutional amendments called?

• Constitutional Amendments

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

Which group of people were not considered citizens when the Constitution and Bill of Rights were written?

• European immigrants

• Women

• Slaves and free blacks

• Native Americans

What was the main factor leading to the Civil War?

• Economic inequality

• Debate over slavery and rights

• Political corruption

• Religious conflicts

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?

• All the slaves in the world were free

• All the slaves in the North were free

• All the slaves in the South were free

• All the slaves in the United States were free

Who is said to have saved or 'preserved the Union' by winning the Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Johnson

• Abraham Lincoln

What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do?

• Gave all men the right to vote regardless of their race

• Established the right to due process

• Guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the U.S.

• Outlawed slavery in the United States

What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantee?

• Established the right to due process

• Gave all men the right to vote regardless of their race

• Outlawed slavery in the United States

• Citizenship to all people born in the U.S.

What did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution give all men the right to do?

• Run for political office

• Work in any state

• Own property

• Vote regardless of their race

This was the president of the Confederate States.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis

This was the President of the Union.

• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S Grant
• Abraham Lincoln