Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments of The United States Constitution were important for implementing a total reconstruction of America and the blessings of of liberty to everyone that lived within the borders or our country. These ideas of equality would be reached out to the entire population including but not limited to slaves and their descendants and all American Citizens. These Amendments were especially important to African Americans and minorities who were the main victims

Moreover, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified subsequently, in order to address slavery, citizenship and voting rights. However, it was not a dawn but a nightmare, because the white race inherent thoughts and cultures that black people did not get any fair treatments but

fourteenth, and fifteenth amendment should be higher up in the constitution near the first amendment. This is because of all of the discrimination that we are still having today in society. If we have these amendments first it would mean that everyone is equal and have the same freedoms. This is a problem in today’s society; even though everyone is equal, African Americans still believe that they are truly not equal. In order to have the same rights it should be higher up in the constitution, because without

13th Amendment In 1865 Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson became president, the black codes were passed by Southern state governments, and the Thirteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution. Those four events paint a picture of just how much tension there was in the United States at that time. Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery and outlaw involuntary servitude in the entire nation. Involuntary servitude was only to be allowed as a punishment for a crime. The crime

their skin or their gender. The amendments have been put into place by the U.S. Constitution to ensure that every American has equal rights, no matter their gender, race, or religion. The most important amendments to the U.S. Constitution include the Sixth Amendment, the Ninth Amendment, the Thirteenth Amendment, the Fifteenth Amendment, and the Nineteenth Amendment. In this paper I’m going to state my reasoning for choosing these five amendments. The Sixth Amendment was designed to ensure that the

citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal courts. Additionally, it declared that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation changed the legal status of more than 3 million slaves in the South. In December 1865 the Dred Scott decision was later overturned by the ratification of the 13th Amendments to the Constitution and this

included the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution which extended civil and legal protections to former slaves. Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia in 1862, and President Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation ended the practice of slavery in 1863, at war’s end in 1865 but the question of slavery had not been resolved at the national level. The federal government required new state constitutions in former Confederate states to include the abolition of slavery

fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments are all important; they each deal with fundamental human rights and are unique in their own ways. Each amendment is special in the sense that they each deal with different scenarios brought on by early American racism and the unstable government. The thirteenth amendment deals with the abolition of slavery, the fourteenth amendment deals with civil rights, and the fifteenth amendment deals with voting. The thirteenth amendment is important because it states that we

how the United States should be governed. Soon, the war began and gunshots exploded the country everyday. The war continued on for several years and in 1865, the war finally ended and America was already torn into pieces. Following the war, the Congressmen had to recover from its loss and settle the disagreements that existed in Congress in order to prevent another war from happening. Therefore, the Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteenth Amendments, also known as the Reconstruction Amendments were passed

Sammie Carey 2nd pd. Government Mr. McKown 5 December 2017 Reconstruction Era and Amendments The years after the Civil War are referred to as the Reconstruction Era, during this time the country was rebuilding the south, and making progressive changes to the United States Constitution. Prior to the end of the Civil War, African Americans were enslaved by white masters. Of course, this has never been morally correct, but by the summer of 1862, blacks had started pushing the issue of being free