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WorksheetsSS.7.C.3.7
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 23mins
The Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments are numbers 13, 14, and 15. Why did our country need to rebuild after the Civil War?
We wanted to create a new country.
There weren't enough jobs for everyone.
We needed to create a new government.
We needed to figure out what would happen to the newly freed slaves.
This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. even if they were previously a slave.
13th
14th
15th
4th
This amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.
13th
14th
15th
3rd
This amendment included the citizenship clause, due process clause, and equal protection clause.
13th
14th
15th
9th
The Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments helped to promote equality in the black community. However, there were some factors that still limited their rights. What were they?
Slavery was abolished
The Emancipation Proclamation
The North winning the Civil War
Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests
Throughout our history why have amendments been added to the Constitution?
To take freedoms away from citizens
They've only been added as a last resort when nothing else has worked
To try to help fix a problem/make a positive change
We haven't added any amendments to the Constitution
Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in the amendment above?
deny women the right to vote
pass laws to establish segregated schools
establish property-holding requirements for voting
require complicated tests in literacy in order to vote
During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), the 15th Amendment was adopted to grant African Americans
educational opportunities
economic equality
freedom of speech
voting rights
The principle expressed in this statement from the 5th Amendments was also reflected in the
Articles of Confederation
Black Codes
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the
creation of the Bill of Rights in 1791
Black Codes of 1865
creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865
ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865
The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th Amendment was to
limit the power of the federal government
expand the civil rights of women
maintain competition in business
protect the rights of African Americans
Which amendment did people not have to pay a tax, called a poll tax, in order to vote?
21st Amendment
24th Amendment
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment
What amendment set the national voting age at 18?
26th Amendment
25th Amendment
23rd Amendment
19th Amendment
Which amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race or color or whether they had been slaves?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
19th Amendment
15th Amendment
In what year was the 19th Amendment ratified (approved)?
1910
1920
1931
1925
In what year was the 15th Amendment ratified?
1880
1890
1900
1870
Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.
13th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1964
"States are prohibited from imposing any voting qualifications or prerequisite to voting or to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color" - Which of the following is being described in the document?
Armed Forces Desegregation Act
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the Voting Rights Act of 1965
G.I. Bill
"Extends voting rights and outlaws racial discrimination in schools and the workplace and by facilities that serve the general public" - Which of the following is being described in the document?
Armed Forces Desegregation Act
the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the Voting Rights Act of 1965
G.I. Bill
