U8 L2: Reconstruction Amendments (8.68 & 8.70)- Practice

P1: What did Lincoln's re-election show the people wanted?

• an end to the war

• an end to sucession

• an end to state's rights

• an end to slavery

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P1: What is the exception to slavery given in the 13th Amendment?

• except as when it is neccessary

• except as punishment for a crime

• except as voted by popular soverignty

• except as dictated by the executive

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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees all people equal __________of the laws.

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P2: What action taken in the Southern states is the 14th Amendment a response to?

• black codes

• poll taxes

• literacy tests

• slavery

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P3: Which law was the 14th Amendment ratified in order to protect?

• Compromise of 1850

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

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P3: The 14th Amendment also officially grants what to African-Americans?

• suffrage

• freedom

• citizenship

• property rights

P4: What does the term "universal manhood suffrage" mean with relation to the 15th Amendment?

• all men, regardless of race, can vote

• all men, who own property, can vote

• all men, who have a job, can vote

• all men, except former slaves, can vote

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P4: What were some methods used in Southern states to combat the 15th Amendment?

• passing a retaliatory amendment

• threatening to secede again

• poll taxes, literacy tests and white primaries

• military presence at the polls

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Organize the three Reconstruction Amendments according to their concepts.

Groups:

(a) 13th

,

(b) 14th

,

(c) 15th

• suffrage

• related to Emancipation Proclamation

• ends slavery

• responses include poll taxes

• except for punishment of a crime

• equal protection

• citizenship

• response to Black Codes

• right to vote

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Which of the Reconstruction Amendments addressed the right of African-American males to vote?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment