Reconstruction Amendments
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Reconstruction Era
Lesson Plans by Matt Campbell
Following the Civil War, the United States government quickly discovered that there were still many battles ahead. From how to integrate its newly freed slave population to how to reincorporate the very same Southern states who just fought against them in a war, the Reconstruction Era was not an easy time in U.S. history, and lasted from 1863 to 1877.
Storyboard Description
Create a storyboard that describes the different amendments passed during Reconstruction
Storyboard Text
- 13th Amendment (1865)
- 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.
- 14th Amendment (1868)
- Equal ProtectionsOf The Law
- 15th Amendment (1870)
- VOTE TODAY!
- The 13th Amendment officially made slavery illegal in all states. African Americans could no longer be held as slaves and were free to live their lives as people and not as property.
- The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
- The 15th Amendment granted all African American men over the age of 18 the right to vote.
- Reconstruction Amendments
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