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    13th14th‚ and 15th Amendments The thirteenth amendment formally abolished the institution of slavery‚ and gave congress the power to enforce it. The thirteenth amendment was necessary because even though the Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves in the south to be freed‚ the southern states refused to free them‚ and the amendment encompassed the entire U.S. and it’s territories. Overall‚ I feel the amendment was a success‚ because it gave the government the ability to enforce it as a law

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    Define and discuss the purpose of the 14th and 15th Amendments? How successful were these Amendments? Specifically‚ address the safety of African Americans during the reconstruction? How did the Compromise of 1877 affect the South for future decades? Volume I‚ Chapter 12‚ pages 299-323 & Chapter 13‚ pages 324 -345 The Fourteenth Amendment changed the Constitution by compelling states to accept their residents as citizens and to guarantee that their rights as citizens would be safeguarded

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    SIGNIFICANCE OF 13TH14TH15TH AMENDMENTS The 13th Amendment went through a number of significant constitutional processes and stages before finally gaining a place in the United States Constitution as it is today. For example Senate actually passed the Amendment on April 8‚ 1864 but it was not until January 31‚ 1865 that the House would also pass it (Wagner‚ 2006). Even with this‚ actual adoption of the 13th Amendment came to fruition on December 6‚ 1865. The 14th Amendment also went through

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    of the 14th and 15th amendments African Americans had almost no rights‚ and not to long before the 14th and 15 amendments were passed they were slaves. Even after the African American’s were freed they still had almost no rights‚ and in the south almost nobody recognized the few rights that African Americans did have. It was not until the 14th and 15th amendments were passed that African Americans started getting basic rights that all people should have. Before the 14th and 15ty amendments were passed

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    Through the years of American history there’s been many different amendments past through the government that have given‚ taken‚ or altered the rights of all citations. While during the era of reconstruction was happening‚ there was 3 important amendments passed through congress theses being the 13th14th‚ and 15th amendments. The 14th amendment had 5 sections within the article covering many different parts of rights of congressmen‚ state repetions‚ and people within them. Eric Foner who write

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    For more than a century now the right of the African Americans have been taken away. Slavery in the Unites States dates back to the year 1619 in Jamestown‚ Virginia January 11‚ 1864‚ the 13th amendment was proposed by Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri if passed it would abolish all slavery in the United States. By April 8‚ 1864‚ the thirteenth amendment is approved on a vote of 38 to 6 where it was sent to be ratified. The thirteenth amendment was passed abolishing slavery. After 245 years of slavery

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    forming the Confederate States of America. The secession movement led to the Civil War. The ratification of the 13th Amendment was a major victory for the North‚ and it was hoped that with the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment‚ the effects of slavery in the United States would quickly begin to fade away. The original plan to readmit states after acceptance of the 13th was supported by President Andrew Johnson‚ but the Radical Republicans‚ as they became known‚ wanted more than just

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    with both the 13th and 15th amendment. In terms of the 13th‚ the case of Dred Scott v. Stanford comes to mind. We see the court rule and state that Americans of African descent were not American citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. Along with that we also again see racial segregation upheld in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ as I talked about previously. Although there were no cases that directly overturned the Dred Scott case or the Plessy case‚ the fourteenth amendment paved way for

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    The 13th14th and 15th Amendments‚ as well as the doctrine of incorporation‚ promised the citizens of the United States‚ which now included former slaves‚ equal protection under the law. However‚ the true outcome of the Constitutional amendments that were produced during the Civil War Era had limited influence on producing equality‚ due to the lack of federal enforcement of the Amendments to the states. The 13th Amendment states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude‚ except as a punishment

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    The convention at Philadelphia drew up one of the most influential documents in history‚ the constitution of the United States. Among some of the controversial issues regarding the delegates was that of slavery. Slaves made up about one fifth of the population in the American Colonies. Majority of them lived Southern Colonies where 40 percent was consisted of the population. Delegates from states with large populations of slaves argues that slaves should be considered person in determining delegates

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