USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

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Page 97-What did the 13th amendment do?
A
Give women the right to vote
B
Give African Americans the right to vote
C
Lowered the voting age to 18
D
Freed the slaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, four million African Americans-almost a third of the population of the South-became permanently free and slavery was abolished in the United States: Section 1.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is recognized by many as the formal abolition of slavery in the United States. However, it only ended chattel slavery – slavery in which an individual is considered the personal property of another.

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