During Reconstruction, three amendments to the Constitution were made in an effort to establish equality for black Americans. The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865, abolishes slavery or ...

The report of Mr. STEVENS' Committee has the following provision: SEC. 3. Until the 4th day of July, 1870, all persona who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection, giving it aid and comfort ...

Three Reconstruction Amendments were passed and ratified after the Civil War, which ended in 1865. The Thirteenth Amendment is the least cited in case law by the judiciary.

To be readmitted to the Union, the defeated Confederate states were required to affirm the Constitution's so-called Reconstruction amendments -- the 13th, 14th, and 15th -- which abolished slavery ...

Control of the U.S. Constitution as a “living” and inevitably changing text has passed from the hands of the people to those ...

Three Reconstruction Amendments were passed and ratified after the Civil War, which ended in 1865. Advertisement The Thirteenth Amendment is the least cited in case law by the judiciary.

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The three amendments of the Reconstruction era radically transformed American life and the role of the federal government. The final section of each amendment grants Congress the power to enforce ...

The Fifteenth Amendment was the last of three Reconstruction Amendments. The first two were ratified in 1865 and 1868, respectively. The 15th Amendment was a milestone for civil rights.

The reconstruction of slaveholding states conquered before the end of the Civil War — Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee — ensured the amendment had the prerequisite number of states to ensure ...

The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, securing the right to vote for women, was ratified on August 18, 1920. It's considered one of the great landmarks in the fight for gender equality.

Three Reconstruction Amendments were passed and ratified after the Civil War, which ended in 1865. The Thirteenth Amendment is the least cited in case law by the judiciary.