Civil War Amendments Review

After the 15th Amendment was passed giving freed slaves the right to vote, some states used certain laws to try to prevent them from voting. These were called "Jim Crow" laws. One was a __________ (which is money a voter must pay to be able to vote)

• crime tax

• slave tax

• poll tax

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

• be denied based on whether you were male or female

• be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

• be denied even if a person was not a citizen

Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?

• The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
• The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
• The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
• The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws

How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?

• It made slavery illegal
• Women could now vote in all elections
• It made poll taxes illegal
• It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights

What was the impact of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution?

• It enforced segregation
• It abolished poll taxes
• It made slavery illegal
• It defined citizenship

This Amendment included the citizenship clause, due process clause, and equal protection clause.

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th 
• 9th

Which amendment states that you cannot take a person's "life, liberty, or property" unless you follow due process?

• 10th

• 11th

• 13th

• 14th

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that

• slaves in U.S. territories were free.

• slaves throughout the world were free

• slaves in Confederate states were free.

• slaves in Union states were free.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve?

• It gave all slaves in the North their freedom immediately.

• It persuaded European nations to support the Confederacy.

• It forced the Confederacy to free the slaves right away.

• It changed the purpose of the war to the end of slavery.

Who was the president of the Union?

• Ulysses S Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis