Founding Documents and Skills Review

Which of the following prevented states from denying rights and privileges to any U.S. citizen?

• Black Codes
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Which of the following abolished slavery in the United States?

• Black Codes
• 13th Amendment
• 14th Amendment
• 15th Amendment

Which of the following protected the voting rights of all male citizens, regardless of their race, color, or having been a slave?

• Black Codes
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment

Which option below explains the 14th Amendment?

• The law ended slavery.
• The law asserted that former slaves would receive equal legal protection.
• The law excluded wealthy plantation owners in the South from government leadership.
• The law created social programs for the former slaves.

The 15th Amendment to the U.S.Constitution extended government protections of —

• Voting rights
• Free Speech Rights
• Due process rights
• The rights of the accused

One way the U.S. Constitution evolves is through the amendment process. How were the changes that occurred as a result of the ratification of the 19th and 15th Amendments similar?

• Large groups of people gained the right to vote
• The right of individuals to bear arms was restricted.
• The powers of the federal government were expanded.
• The separation of church and state was more clearly defined

The belief that government should not interfere in the economy is best defined as

• laissez faire
• monopoly
• industrialization
• antitrust legislation

Which Amendment repealed prohibition?

• 17th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 21st Amendment

Information that is free from bias is best defined as:

• Secondary source
• Objective
• Primary Source

Although the 14th Amendment to the Constitution extended the rights of citizenship to “all persons” born or naturalized in the United States, discrimination on the basis of gender still existed throughout much of the country during the late 1800’s. Which of the following was a consequence of this discrimination?

• the end of the military draft for women
• the continuation of efforts to end university admissions quotas
• the beginning of sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters
• The growth of the women's suffrage movement.