The Ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution

What is the main purpose of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution?

• To grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

• To give women the right to vote

• To establish the Supreme Court

• To end the Civil War

Which group was explicitly granted the right to vote by the 15th Amendment?

• Women

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Immigrants

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896?

• Separate but equal facilities were sufficient under the 14th Amendment

• Segregation was unconstitutional

• Women had the right to vote

• Poll taxes were illegal

When was the 14th Amendment ratified?

• July 28, 1868

• May 18, 1896

• May 17, 1954

• 1870

What did the 19th Amendment achieve?

• Gave women the right to vote

• Ended segregation

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

• Abolished poll taxes

What barriers were removed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• Poll taxes, literacy tests, and intimidation

• Segregation laws

• Women's voting restrictions

• Immigration quotas

Which amendment is known as the 'Reconstruction Amendment'?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 1st Amendment