Unit 1 Resources: Foundations of American Citizenship - Deerlake ...

Name Date ClassGuided Reading Activity 4–3Extending the Bill of RightsSkim this section before you actually read it. Notice all the words that arehighlighted. Guess what these words mean. As you read, see how closely you came toguessing the correct meaning of the words.DIRECTIONS: Write an answer to each question below in the space provided.1. Identifying What did the Thirteenth Amendment do for enslavedAfrican Americans?2. Explaining How did the Fourteenth Amendment further help newlyfreed African Americans?3. Explaining What is the “incorporation” of the Bill of Rights?SECTION 4-34. Summarizing What did the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee?To whom?Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.5. Identifying What were the provisions of the SeventeenthAmendment?6. Identifying Which amendment addressed woman suffrage?7. Identifying What other group of people was denied the right to voteuntil 1961?8. Explaining What was a poll tax? When was it outlawed?9. Describing The Twenty-sixth Amendment gives whom the right to vote?67