SSUSH10C: 13, 14, & 15th Amendment

What are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments collectively referred to as?

• The Freedom Amendments

• The Equality Amendments

• The Civil Rights Amendments

• The Reconstruction Amendments

What did the Thirteenth Amendment accomplish?

• Granted the right to vote regardless of race

• Extended citizenship to all born or naturalized in the U.S.

• Ended slavery in the United States

• Protected rights of U.S. citizens from state infringement

Which amendment declares that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens?

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

What did the Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws do?

• Granted equality to former slaves

• Ensured voting rights for all regardless of race

• Restricted Blacks and denied them true equality

• Abolished slavery throughout the United States

Which amendment was adopted in 1865?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Sixteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Thirteenth Amendment

What did the Fifteenth Amendment address?

• Citizenship and naturalization

• Voting rights not being denied on account of race

• Ending slavery

• Equal protection under the law

What were some methods used to block Blacks from voting after Reconstruction?

• Online voting registration

• Voter ID laws and residency requirements

• Automatic voter registration

• Poll taxes, grandfather clause, and literacy tests

When were the Black Codes struck down?

• In the 1950s and 1960s

• After the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• In the late 1800s

• During the Civil War

What legislation helped to strike down discriminatory state policies?

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Fair Housing Act

What Supreme Court ruling is noted for advancing equality?

• Roe v. Wade

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education