Amendments 13-15 Quiz

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• Amendment 12

• Amendment 13

• Amendment 14

• Amendment 15

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?

• The right to bear arms

• The right to vote regardless of race

• Citizenship rights to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

• The abolition of slavery

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

Which amendment states that the right to vote cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

• Amendment 13

• Amendment 14

• Amendment 15

• Amendment 16

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

What was the primary focus of the 13th Amendment?

• Establishing citizenship rights

• Granting the right to vote to all men regardless of race

• Abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

• Reducing the representation of states in Congress that denied the vote to citizens

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

The 14th Amendment includes the Equal Protection Clause, which means:

• States must provide equal protection under the law to all people within their jurisdictions

• All people have the right to bear arms

• Only citizens born in the United States are guaranteed the rights of citizenship

• Voting rights cannot be restricted by race

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Slavery was abolished with the passage of the _______.

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which Amendment extends due process protection to actions on the state level and Defines Citizenship?

• First

• Fifth

• Fourteenth

• Tenth

Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote for black men?

• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment
• 16th Amendment

What did the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, guarantee?

• Women's right to vote

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

• The prohibition of poll taxes in federal elections

• The voting age lowered to 18