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The 13th amendment was a constitutional amendment and was ratified in 1865. True or False?
True
Who did the 14th amendment give citizenship to?
All persons born or naturalized in the United States
When was the 15th amendment ratified?
February 3, 1870
What did the 13th amendment do?
forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment
What did the 14th amendment grant?
citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,”
What did the 15th amendment do?
grants the right to vote for all male citizens regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status
How did the 13th Amendment change the lives of African Americans after it was passed?
banned slavery in the United States, ending a barbaric system that had been legal in America for well over a hundred years
What did the 14th amendment guarantee?
citizenship to formerly enslaved people
Who did the 15th amendment let vote?
poor whites and black people vote
How did the 13th amendment help slaves?
forbids chattel slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment
When was the 14th amendment ratified?The 14th amendment was drafted by Radical Republicans in 1866 and was ratified in 1868.
1868
What is the main purpose of the 15th Amendment?
Granted African American men the right to vote.
Was the 13th Amendment useful and why?
Come up with your own.
The 14th amendment became an amendment in 1868. True of False?
True
In what ways do modern voting rights challenges relate to the protections offered by the 15th Amendment?
Hint: He was the 18th President
Ulysses S. Grant