4. Summarize Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. 5. Summarize Section 4 of the 14th Amendment
Section 2 Representatives shall be apportioned among
the several States according to their respective
numbers. But when the right to vote at any election..
is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State,
.. the basis of representation therein shall be reduced
in the proportion...
Section 3 No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of President and
Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under
the United States, or under any State... shall have
engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But
Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House,
remove such disability.
6. Which section of the 14 Amendment is most
important? Why?
7. Summarize the 15th Amendment.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.