US constitutional amendments: slavery, voting rights and taxes

1. 1Abolished Slavery

   1. A11
   2. B13
   3. C14
   4. D15
2. 2Makes the citizenship of former slaves part of the constitution, removing any potential
   legal challenges or clever legislative devices to deny the benefits of freedom to those formerly held as
   slaves. This amendment was largely a reaction to the attempts of Southern states to so restrict the
   movements and activities of African-Americans as to return them to something very much like slavery

   1. A11
   2. B24
   3. C13
   4. D14
3. 3Another voting rights act, this time making it unconstitutional to compel voters to pay a
   tax in order to vote. These “poll taxes” were applied to Southern blacks as a way to discourage their voting.
   This amendment wasn’t passed until 1964, almost 100 years after the Civil War

   1. A13
   2. B14
   3. C24
   4. D26
4. 4Prevents states from being sued by citizens.

   1. A22
   2. B11
   3. C24
   4. D15
5. 5 Makes it unconstitutional to restrict voting based on race. Another Reconstruction
   amendment codifying the rights of former slaves.
   

   1. A15
   2. B14
   3. C13
   4. D11
6. 6Allows a federal income tax

   1. A16
   2. B15
   3. C11
   4. D24
7. 7In 1971, the voting age was dropped to 18

   1. A26
   2. B11
   3. C16
   4. D24
8. 8Makes it unconstitutional to restrict voting based on gender. Giving women the right to
   vote took until 1920 – fifty years after African-Americans got the vote.
   

   1. A15
   2. B11
   3. C19
   4. D24

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