Identify if each statement about rights, protections, and powers granted by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments is true or false. (5 points)

Question

Persons wire hare been convicted of a setious crime are banned from holding office.
African American men were given the right to vote before women were.
States' laws about civil rights are more powerful than federal laws.
African Americans did not receive the same cil rights as other ctizens for many years after the Reconstruction Amendments were passed
Babies born in the Unted States to a cRizen of another country are granted US citizenship.

Answer 1

Here are the assessments of each statement regarding the rights, protections, and powers granted by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments:

1. Persons who have been convicted of a serious crime are banned from holding office.
   False. While many states have laws that disqualify felons from holding office, the U.S. Constitution does not universally prohibit individuals convicted of crimes from holding office. This is determined by state law.

2. African American men were given the right to vote before women were.
   True. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, granted African American men the right to vote, while women (including African American women) did not gain the right to vote until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

3. States' laws about civil rights are more powerful than federal laws.
   False. Federal laws regarding civil rights can supersede state laws due to the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. If there is a conflict, federal law takes precedence.

4. African Americans did not receive the same civil rights as other citizens for many years after the Reconstruction Amendments were passed.
   True. Despite the passage of the Reconstruction Amendments, many African Americans faced systemic discrimination and were often denied the full civil rights guaranteed to them, particularly through Jim Crow laws and other discriminatory practices until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

5. Babies born in the United States to a citizen of another country are granted U.S. citizenship.
   True. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, anyone born on U.S. soil is granted citizenship, regardless of the citizenship status of their parents, with some exceptions (e.g., children of foreign diplomats).

So, the answers are:

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True