14 Changing the Law of the Land

One main issue left unsolved by the Framers of the Constitution was

• Elections

• Slavery

• Western Settlement

A law passed by Congress in 1820 that divided new lands into “slave” territories and “free” territories.

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

Popular Sovereignty, or majority rule, refers to

• how to count slaves towards population.

• a law dividing territories into "free" and "slave" states.

• allowing settlers in each territory vote on whether to allow slavery there.

The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott case that he was not entitled to his freedom, because according the the Constitution at the time, slaves were considered

• property of their owners.

• free persons only in free states.

• allowing settlers in each territory vote on whether to allow slavery there.

After the American Civil War ended in 1865, the United States ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which

• gave women the right to vote.

• abolished slavery in the United States.

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  gave African Americans the right to vote.

This amendment to the Constitution declares that "no state may deny citizens equal protection under the law."

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

This amendment to the Constitution declares that "no state may deny citizens equal protection under the law."

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

This amendment to the Constitution granted suffrage, or the right to vote, to African American men.

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that considering race or ethnicity is a legal and necessary tool in college admissions.

• True

• False

The 24th Amendment made poll taxes illegal. A Poll Tax is

• a tax on income.

• a tax on property.

• paying a fee to vote.