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Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with an exception for punishment after criminal conviction?
Answer & why
Answer: Thirteenth Amendment
This is the subject of the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865.
Grade 8 · Social studies
Distinguish selected Reconstruction amendments
Use brief accurate summaries to distinguish the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
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Question 1
Which amendment bars denying voting rights because of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Thirteenth Amendment
- a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
A hint
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime after conviction.
Answer & why
Answer: Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment addresses those prohibited grounds for restricting voting rights.
Question 2
A writer says that ratification by itself proves every discriminatory practice immediately ended. How should this be classified?
- a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Thirteenth Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
A hint
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime after conviction.
Answer & why
Answer: a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
A constitutional change and its practical enforcement are different historical questions.
Question 3
A historical source discusses the constitutional abolition of slavery in 1865. Which amendment is central?
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Thirteenth Amendment
- a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
A hint
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime after conviction.
Answer & why
Answer: Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified in 1865 and abolished slavery subject to its stated exception.
Question 4
A researcher studies the due-process and equal-protection clauses added during Reconstruction. Which amendment should be consulted?
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
- a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
- Thirteenth Amendment
A hint
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime after conviction.
Answer & why
Answer: Fourteenth Amendment
Those clauses are in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Question 5
Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with an exception for punishment after criminal conviction?
- a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Thirteenth Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
A hint
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime after conviction.
Answer & why
Answer: Thirteenth Amendment
This is the subject of the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865.
Question 6
Which amendment includes constitutional citizenship and equal-protection provisions?
- a claim that goes beyond ratification alone
- Thirteenth Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
A hint
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime after conviction.
Answer & why
Answer: Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses citizenship and protections against certain state actions.