Understanding the Reconstruction Amendments

When was the Thirteenth Amendment passed by the Senate?

• December 6, 1864

• April 8, 1865

• December 6, 1865

• April 8, 1864

What did the Thirteenth Amendment achieve?

• Prohibited states from denying equal protection of the laws

• Abolished slavery in the United States

• Granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people

• Gave African American men the right to vote

What was a key provision of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Allowed former Confederate officials to hold office

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

• Granted women the right to vote

• Abolished slavery

How did the Fourteenth Amendment change state representation?

• Based on total population excluding untaxed Indians

• Still included the three-fifths compromise

• Only counted free people

• Excluded non-citizens

What was a consequence for states that denied voting rights based on the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Their state laws would be overridden by federal laws

• They risked losing representation in the House of Representatives

• They would be fined by the federal government

• They would lose representation in the Senate

When was the Fourteenth Amendment ratified?

• 1868

• 1865

• 1870

• 1866

What right did the Fifteenth Amendment secure?

• The right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• Freedom of speech

• The right to due process of law

• The right to own property

Who was excluded from the voting rights granted by the Fifteenth Amendment?

• Men under the age of 21

• Non-citizens

• Women

• Former Confederate soldiers

What did Southern states do after Reconstruction to restrict African American rights?

• Removed all restrictions on voting

• Granted more rights to African Americans

• Encouraged African American participation in government

• Passed laws placing conditions on voting

Which groups used violence to intimidate African Americans from voting?

• The Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of the White Camellia

• The Union Army and Navy

• The Freedmen's Bureau

• The Radical Republicans