Which amendment abolished slavery in America?

• A. 1st Amendment
• B. 13th Amendment
• C. 18th Amendment
• D. 19th Amendment

Answer: (B)

The main concept here is identifying which amendment ended slavery in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment is the one that makes slavery and involuntary servitude illegal throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime for which a person has been duly convicted. It also gives Congress the power to enforce this provision. This amendment was ratified in 1865 after the Civil War. The other amendments address different rights: the First Amendment protects freedoms like speech, religion, and press; the Eighteenth established Prohibition; the Nineteenth granted women the right to vote. So the Thirteenth Amendment is the correct choice because it specifically abolishes slavery.