US8 - 9.2: 13-15 Amendments

Until the ___________ Amendment was passed, the Bill of Rights, which are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, did not apply to the states.

The __________ Amendment was intended to give newly-freed slaves every right and freedom that everyone else enjoyed under the Bill of Rights.

The ____________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that no state can deprive anyone of due process and equal protection under the law.

It is the __________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished (got rid of) slavery.

Freedmen received their citizenship with the passage of...

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were created as a direct result of this event in American History.

The ___________ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, gave citizenship to former slaves.

True or False: It would not be until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that the majority of African Americans in the South were allowed to register to vote.

Before the __________ Amendment, the federal government couldn't take away a person's rights, but states could, at least to the extent their own constitutions allowed.

Republicans believed that black codes and other restrictions on freedmen's rights were a result of...

The 15th Amendment was important to all Black American men because...

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed discrimination in voting rights.

The 15th amendment forbade voting restrictions due to discrimination based on three things. Name two.

The House impeached President Johnson for...

How did Republicans gain control of all the new S state govts when the S was largely Democratic?