Exploring the Reconstruction Amendments

What is a constitutional amendment?

• A new law passed by Congress

• A change, modification, or addition to the US Constitution

• A policy implemented by the President

• A decision made by the Supreme Court

Why did Congress pass the 14th Amendment after the Civil Rights Act?

• To give the President more power

• To replace the Civil Rights Act

• To abolish slavery

• To ensure it would not be challenged in court

What did the 13th Amendment achieve?

• It gave women the right to vote

• It protected voting rights regardless of race

• It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

• It granted citizenship to all born in the US

Which document only applied to slaves in the Confederacy?

• The 14th Amendment

• The Civil Rights Act

• The 13th Amendment

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Who is considered a citizen of the United States according to the 14th Amendment?

• Only those who own property

• All persons born or naturalized in the US

• Only those naturalized in the US

• Only those born in the US

What principle ensures that no person is deprived of life, liberty, or property without legal procedures?

• Equal protection of the law

• Due process of law

• Civil rights

• Judicial review

What does the equal protection of the law principle prevent?

• Government from acting arbitrarily

• States from making their own laws

• Government from discriminating against groups or individuals

• Citizens from suing the government

What does the 15th Amendment protect?

• The right to free speech

• The right to bear arms

• The right to a fair trial

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

When did women gain the right to vote in the United States?

• 1925

• 1870

• 1865

• 1919

Which amendment made slavery permanently illegal in the US?

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 19th Amendment