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The Amendments

Learning Targets Success Criteria Comprehend the language and explanation of the amendments I can give a brief description of each of the amendments discussed. Understand the implications of the amendments I can give examples of how the amendments influenced the African American population .

Background Constitution Amendments How to pass an amendment Bill of Rights How to pass an amendment 2/3 of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and ¾ of states OR a Constitutional Convention

13th Amendment January 31, 1865 Originally, was a protection for slavery! Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.“. Basically saying slavery is no longer legal Didn’t take effect until 1866

14th Amendment Congress-June 13, 1866 Ratified July 9th 1868 All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens . Rebels banned from government.

15th Amendment Congress- Feb. 26, 1869 Ratified- Feb. 3, 1870 prohibits federal or state governments from infringing on a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." Only applied to African American men

How did they manage to do this? Lack of southern presence in Congress War ended Didn’t mean they stopped supporting slavery Scalawags