Reconstruction Amendments

Question 1

13th Amendment Purpose

Answer 1

Abolished slavery as an institution.

Question 2

14th Amendment Purpose

Answer 2

Defined + Granted citizenship. Forbids states from denying ppl of life, liberty, or property w/o due process of the law.

Question 3

15th Amendment Purpose

Answer 3

Voting rights for African American men.

Question 4

13th passed in

Answer 4

1865

Question 5

14th passed in

Answer 5

1868

Question 6

15th passed in

Answer 6

1870

Question 7

How did the states get around the 13th amendment?

Answer 7

Black Codes (severely limited rights).

Question 8

How did states get around the 14th Amendment?

Answer 8

Jim Crow Laws (mandated segregation in public spaces).

Question 9

How did states get around the 15th amendment?

Answer 9

Literacy tests, poll taxes, residency requirements, Grandfather Clause.

Question 10

Unintended consequences of the 14th Amendment:

Answer 10

Takes away privileges and immunities clause.
Citizenship clause (overturned Dred v Scott).
Equal protection clause (century long neglect to protect black ppl).
Failure to extend B.O.R. to states.
Didn’t protect black citizen’s rights.
Allowed racial segregation.

Question 11

Unintended consequences of the 15th Amendment:

Answer 11

Loopholes and excluded women from voting.

Question 12

13th Section 1

Answer 12

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime permitted in US.

Question 13

13th Section 2

Answer 13

Enforced by Congress

Question 14

14th Section 1

Answer 14

Born or Naturalized = citizen
Citizenship Clause
Equal Protection Clause
Due Process Clause

Question 15

14th Section 2

Answer 15

Apportionment of representatives. Based on population.

Question 16

14th Section 3

Answer 16

Cannot hold office if part of insurrection or rebellion.

Question 17

14th Section 4

Answer 17

Public debt Clause. Shall not be questioned. No rebellion debt repaid - illegal and void.

Question 18

14th Section 5

Answer 18

Congress can enforce. Current president Johnson wouldn’t have!

Question 19

15th Section 1

Answer 19

Voting rights not abridged on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 20

15th Section 2

Answer 20

Enforced by Congress.