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Reconstruction Amendments

Transcript of Reconstruction Amendments. 13 th Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States...

Page 1: Reconstruction Amendments. 13 th Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery.

Reconstruction Amendments

Page 2: Reconstruction Amendments. 13 th Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery.

13th Amendment

•The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery to this day.

Page 3: Reconstruction Amendments. 13 th Amendment The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery.

14th Amendment

•The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens including African Americans.

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15th Amendment

• The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.