Author Question: The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are commonly referred ... (Read 32 times)

saliriagwu · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are commonly referred to as

a. the middle amendments.
b. the Civil War amendments.
c. the Bill of Rights.
d. the Southern amendments.
e. the franchise.

Question 2

What effect did the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, have on former slaves?

a. recognized them as three-fifths of a person in the determination of representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
b. granted them citizenship
c. upheld slavery as an institution in the southern states
d. gave the right to state governments to determine if slavery is legal within their borders
e. granted reparations for their former enslavement