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The Civil War Amendments (The 14th amendment (Ratified July,1868 (The 14th…
The Civil War Amendments
The 13th amendemnt
It was ratified December 6th, 1865
The 13th amendment abolished slavery, and for people to serve anyone involuntarily.
"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." From the constitution
The 14th amendment
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Even today It extends equal protection and due process under the law to U.S. citizens throughout the country.
If, for example, a law is passed in any particular state which adversely impacts a particular class of people, the 14th amendment allows the harmed individuals to ask the Supreme Court to review the law.
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Finally, in 1964, the U.S. Congress passed a new Civil Rights Act. President Johnson signed it into law on July 2, 1964.
He signed the Voting Rights Act the following year (on August 6, 1965). It had taken 100 years for America to make good on the three Civil-War Amendments.
The 15th amendment
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African-American men—including former slaves who had become U.S. citizens via the 14th Amendment
"right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."