Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

"All men are created equal..." is what the original Declaration of Independence expresses. Is that an ideal that this outstanding nation has followed through the years or, perhaps, it is just a measly sentence on a piece of old paper? The United States of America has always considered itself greater than other nations, especially at giving people their deserved freedom. The American people have gone a long way to acquire their freedom, however. There are even people, here, who still struggle for

organizations, demanded to change the United States Constitution, and not only helped women’s suffrage in the United State but around the world as well. Susan B. Anthony created many organizations to help women’s suffrage. In 1866, together abolitionist, such as Anthony, and Republican allies, they formed the American Equal Rights Association (Garland 61). This campaign would eventually lead up to the demanding that change of the United States Constitution. Anthony along with other activists created

that forbade him to sit in this section of the coach was in clear violation of the both the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. An 1883 case found that “as long as a clear distinction of race existed, the statute had no tendency to destroy the legal equality of the two races, or establish a state of involuntary servitude. This is relevant as the Thirteenth Amendment references “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall

Danny Dallas Mr. Mckown Government 12-5-17 Reconstruction era and amendments I am going to discuss how the reconstruction era prompted the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments and say what the amendments are and why they are important. The thirteenth amendment was important to the slaves. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as

thirteen original states that was ratified in 1781, and superseded by The Constitution of the United States in 1789 (“Confederation, Articles of”). The Articles of Confederation was the first U.S. written constitution. The need for the Constitution was because it gave basic human rights to all citizens, and The Articles of Confederation did not. The creation of The Constitution began on May 25, 1787, and was made to take the place of The Articles of Confederation. The Constitution was a major part

"The United States Constitution is a healthy document which still serves our nation exceptionally well and does not need drastic change or revision." Since June twenty first of 1788, when the United States Constitution was ratified in Washington D.C. it has been considered The Law of the Land. Ever since that date, we have followed those rules as the Federal law and overall “ruling” of our lives. For almost two hundred twenty four years, this has been what our country has been following to this

Proclamation was followed by three constitutional amendments, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments, granting freedom, citizenship and all the rights of a citizen to all African Americans. The Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments abolished slavery and granted citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States” (U.S. Constitution, Amend. 13. Sec 1., Amend. 14. Sec.1.) However, this was not truly the case, especially in the Southern States. There, laws known as Jim Crow laws “separated

male citizens; but we, the whole people, who form the Union.” Through this statement, Susan used the facts of her knowledge of the Constitution of the United States against the order of the law. She used the Constitution against the law because she had found a loophole in some of the amendments. The law at this time said that by the fifteenth amendment federal and state governments could not deny a citizen the right to vote based off of race, color, or previous servitude. This law did not have

S. Grant. Lee. Thirteenth Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Fourteenth Amendment The amendment talked about equal protection of the laws, and was first talked about in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. Fifteenth Amendment The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen

The most important was the adoption of new state constitutions that made clear that the national constitution had precedence over any local law. This made the fact clear that there are state's rights, but they cannot negate national policy. To those in the North that were worried about the fate of the Union, the Civil War proved to be a victory. Amendments: The addition of three amendments to the constitution after the Civil War should be considered to a victory for the Northern