US8 - 9.2: 13-15 Amendments

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

The House impeached _____ for trying to limit the effects of Radical Reconstruction legislation.

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

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.

Freedmen received their citizenship with the passage of... (before the 14th Amendment)

The ____ Amendment was important to all Black American men because it had been up to each state to determine voting rights.

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

How did Republicans gain control of all the new S state govts?

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

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.

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

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.

The ____ amendment forbade voting restrictions due to discrimination based on race.