What Role Did The Constitution's Revisions Play In Changing American Society

The Civil War played a large role in changing American society. It finally brought America closer to its true goals of freedom and equality for all. The end results of the Union’s victory in the war socially and constitutionally changed the status of African Americans. Blacks, who were once former slaves, finally had a voice in society. The constitution had been redrafted for all men to be treated as equals via the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Yet, despite said above blacks were free on paper but weren’t always treated truly equal and woman still weren’t allowed to vote. The constitution’s revisions play a huge role in American society today as they did after the Civil War. The 13th amendment, the first of the three trio Civil War amendments, made slavery 100% illegal in America. The 14th amendment granted legal citizenship to all born or naturalized in the United States. The 15th amendment granted all MEN the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous account of servitude. Yes that’s great and all but woman still didn’t have this right but that’s coming later.

After ratification of the trio amendments, former slaves were now allowed to seek work outside of their masters’ bidding. However some not knowing what to do with their new found
Obviously better off in the North than the South, injustices not long after the war already begun to arise. Unfair payment wages for black working men compared to white men, racism that ensued from many white southerners, Black Codes which weren’t in place long but were practically one step from slavery, formation of hate groups such as K.K.K., and formation of other white supremacy groups were all still real problems African Americans had to deal with. Not only did they suffer still but, woman who helped considerably in the abolition of slavery still weren’t seen as equals or didn’t have a voice in society like any men