constitutional amendments assignment

What was the purpose of each of the Reconstruction Amendments?The ----- amendment made slavery illegal. The ------amendment gave African American men the right to vote. The-----amendment provided that African Americans should receive equal protection under the law.

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What was the significance of the Fifteenth Amendment? Granted the right to vote to all men Made poll taxes illegal Abolished sharecropping Granted land to formerly enslaved people

A. Granted the right to vote to all men

What was the significance of the Thirteenth Amendment? It freed enslaved people. It ended the Civil War. It gave every former enslaved person some land.

A. It freed enslaved people.

A counterclaim is an argument against something.What was a counterclaim made by those who opposed the Thirteenth Amendment? Freeing enslaved people would anger Northerners Freeing enslaved people could make the Civil War worse Freeing enslaved people would make them unhappy

B. Freeing enslaved people could make the Civil War worse

Which of the following best describes the experiences of freedmen after the Civil War ended? They easily adjusted to life as free people. They struggled to achieve true equality and freedom. They were welcomed in the South as full partners in society. They were economically independent but lacked social equality.

B. They struggled to achieve true equality and freedom.

What was a counterclaim made by those who opposed the Fourteenth Amendment? African Americans and white Southerners were already mostly equal. Formerly enslaved people were already protected by the Bill of Rights. African American people should not have the same rights as whites.

C. African American people should not have the same rights as whites

What was an argument made by those who opposed the Fifteenth Amendment? Women should not be included in the amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment already guaranteed the right to vote. Giving African Americans the right to vote would change Southern society.

C. Giving African Americans the right to vote would change Southern society.

What was the significance of the Fourteenth Amendment? It gave all men the right to vote. It solved disagreements in the South. It granted civil rights to African Americans. It brought many Confederate states back into the Union.

C. It granted civil rights to African Americans

What does the Fourteenth Amendment provide?Check all of the boxes that apply. Equality under the law for all citizens Citizenship for African Americans The right to vote for African Americans Emancipation of enslaved people A guarantee of due process of law

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