Where do the majority of cases heard by the supreme court originate? a. ambassadors to the us and federal district courts b. federal district courts and congress c. congress and the states’ highest courts d. federal district courts and the states’ highest courts

"neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." - the thirteenth amendment to the united states constitution, 1865 which statement describes the effect that the thirteenth amendment had on american society? a) male freedmen were given the right to vote. b) slavery was made illegal in the united states. c) ex-slaves were given united states citizenship. d) southern states were no longer allowed to use convicts as labor.