Reconstruction Amendments: Definition and Overview

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When did the federal government fully enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments?

  • 1877
  • 1950s
  • 1920
  • 1964 (correct)

How did Southern states prevent Black Americans from voting?

  • By imposing poll taxes (correct)
  • By passing laws to enforce voting rights
  • By using literacy tests
  • By issuing free voting IDs

When were poll taxes finally eliminated?

  • 1964 (correct)
  • 1920
  • 1877
  • 1950s

Which amendment granted women the right to vote?

<p>19th Amendment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What led to the federal government being able to fully enforce the 15th Amendment?

<p>The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary purpose of the Reconstruction Amendments?

<p>To integrate newly-freed slaves into American society (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements about the 13th Amendment is true?

<p>It abolished slavery throughout the United States (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?

<p>It granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following rights was granted to Black Americans by the 15th Amendment?

<p>The right to vote (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, why were the Reconstruction Amendments necessary?

<p>To address the racist views held by whites in the former Confederacy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary purpose of the 13th Amendment?

<p>To abolish slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the phrase "equal protection of the laws" in the 14th Amendment?

<p>It provided a basis for the Supreme Court to expand civil rights and overturn discriminatory laws (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which section of the 14th Amendment dealt with proportional representation in Congress and the counting of Black Americans as full citizens?

<p>Section Two (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary purpose of the 15th Amendment?

<p>To give Black Americans the right to vote (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements about the 14th Amendment is true?

<p>It overturned the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case, which had denied citizenship to free Black men (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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