Question

1. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment granted ___ rights to the newly freed slaves.
Responses
A citizenship
B emancipation
C freedom
D suffrage

2. Which clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee that a government will abide by the rule of law and that citizens' rights will always be upheld?
Responses
A due process & trial by jury due
B due process & equal protection
C equal protection & free speech
D equal protection & free exercise

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment sought to keep former __________ from political office.
A) Confederates
B) slave holders
C) Indian Chiefs
D) slave traders

Answer 1

1. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment granted **A) citizenship** rights to the newly freed slaves.

2. The clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment that guarantee that a government will abide by the rule of law and that citizens' rights will always be upheld are **B) due process & equal protection**.

3. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment sought to keep former **A) Confederates** from political office.