Foreign Service Officer Test - US History Study guide

12th Amendment CORRECT ANSWER Brought about by the Jefferson/Burr tie, stated that presidential and vice-presidential nominees would run on the same party ticket. Before that time, all of the candidates ran against each other, with the winner becoming president and second-place becoming vice-president. 13th Amendment CORRECT ANSWER 1865 - Freed all slaves, abolished slavery 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments CORRECT ANSWER 13th - Ended slavery, 14th - Gave blacks civil rights, 15th - Black suffrage 14th Amendment CORRECT ANSWER 1866 â€" Ratified in 1866. It fixed provision of the Civil Rights Bill: full citizenship to all native-born or naturalized Americans, including former slaves and immigrants. 15th Amendment CORRECT ANSWER 1870 â€" No one could be denied the right to vote on account of race, color, or having been a slave. It was to prevent states from amending their constitutions to deny black suffrage. 16th Amendment CORRECT ANSWER Enacted income tax. 17th Amendment CORRECT ANSWER Direct election of US Senators