This challenging worksheet has students answer multiple-choice questions, and fill in blanks to practice us constitution skills.
It includes 9 questions across 2 sections for focused practice.
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U.S. Constitution
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, but many Black citizens still could not vote for decades. What was the main reason?
A) The amendment only applied to northern states
B) States used poll taxes and literacy tests to block voters
C) The President refused to enforce the amendment
D) Black citizens were not considered citizens until 1920
2. Which amendment ended the practice of slavery throughout the entire United States?
A) The 12th Amendment
B) The 13th Amendment
C) The 14th Amendment
D) The 15th Amendment
3. The 24th Amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections. Why was this amendment important?
A) It made elections cheaper for the government to run
B) It removed a barrier that had kept poor and minority citizens from voting
C) It allowed citizens under eighteen to vote in national elections
D) It gave women the right to vote for the first time
4. The 14th Amendment says no state can deny any person "equal protection of the laws." How has this principle been used?
A) To allow states to make their own trade agreements with other countries
B) To strike down laws that unfairly discriminated against groups of people
C) To give the President the power to remove state governors
D) To prevent Congress from raising taxes on certain states
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments because they were passed after the Civil War.
2. The 19th Amendment was ratified in the year 1920.
3. The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
4. The 18th Amendment prohibited making or selling alcohol and was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
5. The 22nd Amendment limits the President to serving no more than two terms.
U.S. Constitution
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, but many Black citizens still could not vote for decades. What was the main reason?
A) The amendment only applied to northern states
B) States used poll taxes and literacy tests to block voters
C) The President refused to enforce the amendment
D) Black citizens were not considered citizens until 1920
2. Which amendment ended the practice of slavery throughout the entire United States?
A) The 12th Amendment
B) The 13th Amendment
C) The 14th Amendment
D) The 15th Amendment
3. The 24th Amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections. Why was this amendment important?
A) It made elections cheaper for the government to run
B) It removed a barrier that had kept poor and minority citizens from voting
C) It allowed citizens under eighteen to vote in national elections
D) It gave women the right to vote for the first time
4. The 14th Amendment says no state can deny any person "equal protection of the laws." How has this principle been used?
A) To allow states to make their own trade agreements with other countries
B) To strike down laws that unfairly discriminated against groups of people
C) To give the President the power to remove state governors
D) To prevent Congress from raising taxes on certain states
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments because they were passed after the Civil War.
2) The 19th Amendment was ratified in the year 1920.
3) The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
4) The 18th Amendment prohibited making or selling alcohol and was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
5) The 22nd Amendment limits the President to serving no more than two terms.
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