1. Reconstruction Amendments
SS.912.A.2.4-Distinguish the freedoms guaranteed to African Americans and other groups with the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. Essential Question -What political and legal rights did African Americans gain after the Civil War?

2. Bell Ringer (3 minutes)
The 14th and 15th Amendments, passed during Reconstruction, resulted in
equal rights for women in the United States
expanded rights for Native American Indians on reservations
increased individual rights for African Americans
additional rights for Southern segregationists
Which amendment banned slavery throughout the United States?
1st Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment

3. Reconstruction Amendments
Eric Foner on the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments Look for the information that answers the following question: What do you think Charles Sumner meant when he referred to the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments as the sleeping giant? +amendments &view=detail&&mid=D44C8D 82356EB4E6703FD44C8D82356EB4E6703F&rvsmid=D44C 8D82356EB4E6703FD44C8D82356EB4E6703F&fsscr=0

4. Reconstruction Amendments (I Do)
During Reconstruction, three amendments were added to the Constitution.
The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the United States, was ratified in 1865.
Southern states had to accept the end of slavery but quickly passed “Black Codes,” based on older slave codes.
Congress passed The Civil Rights Act in response to the Black Codes. This law was later written as the Fourteenth Amendment.
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870.

5. Reconstruction Amendments (I Do)

6. Reconstruction Amendments
How did the 13th Amendment “complete the task begun by the Emancipation Proclamation”?

7. Reconstruction Amendments (We Do)
After reading the amendments, fill in the chart by answering the questions. 
Teacher and students - Amendments 13, 14 and 15: What rights and privileges were extended by each amendment?
Groups/Pairs - Complete the remaining boxes of the chart

8. Bell Ringer Question
The 14th and 15th Amendments, passed during Reconstruction, resulted in
equal rights for women in the United States
expanded rights for Native American Indians on reservations
increased individual rights for African Americans
additional rights for Southern segregationists

9. Bell Ringer Question
The 14th and 15th Amendments, passed during Reconstruction, resulted in
equal rights for women in the United States
expanded rights for Native American Indians on reservations
increased individual rights for African Americans
additional rights for Southern segregationists

10. Bell Ringer Question
Which amendment banned slavery throughout the United States?
1st Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment

11. Bell Ringer Question
Which amendment banned slavery throughout the United States?
1st Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment

12. Reconstruction Amendments (You Do)
Which Amendment guaranteed the “equal protection” of the laws to all American citizens?
1st Amendment
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment

13. Reconstruction Amendments (You Do)
The 14th Amendment provides that no “state [shall] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
What was a direct result of this amendment?
the process of amending the Constitution became slower and more complex
the guarantees in the Bill of Rights were applied to state actions
every citizen gained an absolute right to freedom of speech and assembly
the power of the Federal government was sharply reduced

14. Reconstruction Amendments (You Do)
Why did African Americans continue to experience political and economic oppression after the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
the amendments were not intended to solve their problems
many African Americans distrusted the federal government
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights

15. Reconstruction Amendments (You Do)
Essential Question - What political and legal rights did African Americans gain after the Civil War?