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Other Amendments Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments are numbers 13, 14, and 15. Why did our country need to rebuild after the Civil War?

a)

We wanted to create a new country.

b)

There weren't enough jobs for everyone.

c)

We needed to create a new government.

d)

We needed to figure out what would happen to the newly freed slaves.

2.

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

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

9th

3.

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?

a)

Slavery was abolished

b)

The Emancipation Proclamation

c)

The North winning the Civil War

d)

Black Codes, Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests

4.

Throughout our history why have amendments been added to the Constitution?

a)

To take freedoms away from citizens

b)

They've only been added as a last resort when nothing else has worked

c)

To try to help fix a problem/make a positive change

d)

We haven't added any amendments to the Constitution

5.
Which term is the best meaning of "suffrage"?
a)
the right for women to protest
b)
the right to vote in elections
c)
citizenship
d)
freedom
6.
Forcing people to pay for the right to vote was called a _________?
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
7.

This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the U.S. even if they were previously a slave.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

4th

8.

This amendment abolished (got rid of) slavery.

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

3rd

9.
How did the 24th Amendment expand voting rights to Americans?
a)
States could charge poll taxes in elections
b)
Literacy tests were required so minorities learned to read
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It did nothing to expand voting rights
10.
How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?
a)
It made slavery illegal
b)
Women could now vote in all elections
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights
11.
The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?
a)
Women
b)
18 year olds
c)
All freed slaves
d)
All Americans
12.

What amendment set the national voting age at 18?

a)

26th Amendment

b)

25th Amendment

c)

23rd Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

13.

Which amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race or color or whether they had been slaves?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

19th Amendment

d)

15th Amendment

14.
The federal law outlawing literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage    
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
b)
Voting Rights Act of 1965