Wealth And Fifteenth Amendments

The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were measures taken by the American government to ensure equal right after the civil war. The thirteenth amendment was declared to abolish slavery. The fourteenth guaranteed equal protection for everyone and the fifteenth guaranteed equal voting rights regardless of race. Together these are known as the Civil War Amendments. To a certain extent these amendments had an impact because it presented blacks with many opportunities.

Although the civil war amendments granted equality and opportunities it also presented very big problems. There was a lot of resentment towards the fact that a black man would become the equal of a white man. This resentment turned into Blacks being violently persecuted