Consequence: Civil War Ammendments

Question 1

President Lincoln wanted to do what to the country?

Answer 1

President Lincoln wanted to restructure it from one that was in his own words “half slave and half free” to one which constitutionally guaranteed “blessings of liberty” to the entire populace.

Question 2

Including whom?

Answer 2

Including former slaves and their descendants

Question 3

The 13th Amendment did what?

Answer 3

The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, it was ratified in 1865.

Question 4

And the 14th Amendment?

Answer 4

The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all born in the U.S., overturning the Dred Scott Case.

Question 5

When was the 14th Amendment ratified?

Answer 5

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.

Question 6

Finally, what did the 15th Amendment do and what quote is evidence for this?

Answer 6

The 15th Amendment outlawed discrimination in voting, granting voting rights regardless of “race, color or previous condition of servitude”.

Question 7

When was the 15th Amendment ratified?

Answer 7

The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870.

Question 8

1. P________ _______ ______ __ __________ ___ ______, with what evidence to support this?
2. ____ _________ which did what?
3. ____ _________ which did what?
4. ____ _________ which did what?

Answer 8

1. President Lincoln wanted to restructure the country from one that was in his own words “half slave and half free” to one which constitutionally guaranteed “blessings of liberty” to the entire populace.
2. 13th Amendment abolished slavery, ratified 1865.
3. 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all born in the U.S., overturning the Dred Scott Case, ratified 1868.
4. 15th Amendment outlawed discrimination in voting, granting voting rights regardless of “race, color or previous condition of servitude”, ratified 1870.