The 13th Amendment Video Quiz

Who surrendered to whom to mark the end of the Civil War?

• General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant

• General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to General Robert E. Lee

• General Thomas Jackson surrendered to General George Meade

• General George Meade surrendered to General Thomas Jackson

What did President Lincoln question about the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Its popularity among the Union states

• Its impact on the economy

• Its constitutional authority

• Its effectiveness in ending the war

What was the main purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• To grant women the right to vote

• To establish the federal income tax

• To abolish slavery

• To lower the voting age to 18

What did the 13th Amendment formally end?

• Slavery

• Segregation

• The Civil War

• The Black Codes

What did the Black Codes do?

• Established new economic policies in the South

• Granted equal rights to all Americans

• Abolished slavery in the southern states

• Reinstated slavery by other means

Why was the 14th Amendment necessary?

• To clarify Congress's power to pass the Civil Rights Act

• To establish a new national currency

• To grant the president more powers

• To officially end the Civil War

What was a condition for the Confederate states to be readmitted into the Union?

• They had to abolish their state governments

• They had to ratify the 14th Amendment

• They had to adopt new state constitutions

• They had to pay reparations to the Union

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 aim to achieve?

• To create a new federal court system

• To ensure African-Americans had the same legal rights as white people

• To grant women the right to own property

• To establish universal suffrage

Who vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

• President Ulysses S. Grant

• President Andrew Johnson

• President Abraham Lincoln

• President Thomas Jefferson

What was the legal status of the 13th and 14th Amendments' ratification?

• Only ratified by the northern states

• Unquestionably legal

• There was serious question about their legality

• Ratified by unanimous consent