Question

question 4 of 10
what was true about the thirteenth amendment?
a. it said that african americans were citizens.
b. it said that african american males could vote.
c. it said that slavery was allowed if the majority of people in a state voted for it.
d. it said that people could be forced to work if they committed a crime.

Explanation:

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Option A is about the Fourteenth Amendment (citizenship). Option B is related to the Fifteenth Amendment (voting rights for African - American males). Option C is incorrect as the Thirteenth Amendment was against slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment's language includes “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted”.

Answer:

D. It said that people could be forced to work if they committed a crime.