Question 1

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by

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guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

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guaranteeing their freedom of speech

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providing them with access to the court system

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providing them with voting rights

Question 2

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in order to —

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protect the voting rights of African American men

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establish legal requirements for the education of former slaves

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mandate fair labor contracts between African American workers and plantation owners

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abolish the institution of slavery

Question 3

The measures in this list are examples of ways southern states weakened the effects of the —

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Fifteenth Amendment

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Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

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Compromise of 1850

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 4

Which of these describes a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?

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African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.

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State governments were required to protect individual rights.

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African Americans in the North could vote

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Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.

Question 5

Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?

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African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election.

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African American families divided by slavery were reunited.

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Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship.

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Newly free men and women moved west to claim land.

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