THE CIVIL WAR CONSTITUTION
TRANSFORMATION
T H E 1 3 TH, 1 4 TH, & 1 5 TH A M E N D M E N T S
LESSON 17 – HOW DID THE CIVIL WAR TEST AND
TRANSFORM THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL
SYSTEM?
• Boy you’re gonna drive me to driken’ if you don’t
stop driven’ that hot rod Lincoln
• Great Emancipator – freed slaves in states in
rebellion
• Were helping with the military – to win the war take
workforce
LESSON 18 – DUE PROCESS CLAUSE
• Law of the land
• Government follows known and established procedures –
they are not arbitrary or unpredictable
• Does not destroy life, liberty, property
WHAT IS PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS
• Must follow recognized procedures
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Proceedings must be fair
Laws must be clear
Know the charges
Trial by jury
Confront witnesses
• Addresses property, life, liberty
• Property is a broad term
• Tangible and intangible
• Copyright/patents
• Public education – learning (gaining knowledge) and discipline
SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS
• Those rights that are so fundamental that
government can not regulate or interfere with them
• What is fundamental has changed over time by the courts
• Congress makes laws and the courts interpret law
cases
DOCTRINE OF INCORPORATION
• Supreme Court looking to make certain states are
not infringing on those substantive due process
rights
• State constitutions are to ensure fulfillment of rights - take
action when not
LESSON 19 – EQUAL PROTECTION
• Equal protection of the law
• Equality of opportunity
• Equality of condition
• Equality in life – personal possessions, living standards, ect
SO WHAT HAPPENED?