chapter 4: lessons 3 & 4

Question 1

abolishes slavery

Answer 1

thirteenth amendment (1865)

Question 2

Defines U.S. citizenship; guarantees all citizens “equal protection of the laws”

Answer 2

fourteenth amendment (1868)

Question 3

Prohibits restrictions on the right to vote based on race and color

Answer 3

fifteenth amendment (1870)

Question 4

enables voters to elect senators directly

Answer 4

seventeenth amendment (1913)

Question 5

Gives women the right to vote

Answer 5

nineteenth amendment (1920)

Question 6

Gives residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote

Answer 6

twenty-third amendment (1961)

Question 7

abolishes poll taxes

Answer 7

twenty-fourth amendment (1964)

Question 8

sets voting age at 18 years

Answer 8

twenty-sixth amendment (1971)

Question 9

laws from after the civil war that kept African Americans from holding certain jobs, gave them few property rights, and limited their rights in other ways.

Answer 9

black codes

Question 10

the right to vote

Answer 10

suffrage

Question 11

a sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot

Answer 11

poll tax

Question 12

unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group

Answer 12

discrimination

Question 13

the social separation of the races

Answer 13

segregation

Question 14

Southern segregation law

Answer 14

“Jim Crow” law

Question 15

the rights of full citizenship and equality under the law

Answer 15

civil rights

Question 16

peaceful protest against laws believed to be unfair

Answer 16

nonviolent resistance

Question 17

the act of occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest

Answer 17

sit-in

Question 18

a violent act against a person because of his or her race, color, national origin, gender, or disability

Answer 18

hate crime