Reconstruction Amendments Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be
valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said Constitution, namely;
ARTICLE XIII. Section 1. 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.
Section 2, Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.
ARTICLE XIV
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
and of the State where in they reside. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities
of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor
deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws
ARTICLE XV
SECTION 1. The 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.
SEC. 2 The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation
For each amendment answer the following questions
1. What is the main point of the amendment? 2. How is this intended to help newly freed African Americans? 3. In what ways is the amendment not fully enforced? Reconstruction Amendments In your group, for your assigned amendment complete ONE of the following: • Draw a political cartoon to show both the success and failure of the amendment OR • Create 2 news paper headlines to show both a success and failure of your amendment OR • Create a conversation about the amendment between Andrew Johnson and Thaddeus Stevens to depict both a success and a failure of the amendment Reconstruction Amendments http://historytunes.com/listen.php 13th 14th 15th Amendment
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Free at last but what does it mean?
Free at last but what does it mean?
Free
at last but what does it mean?
Chains no more – broken by Civil
War
Slavery banned for every woman and man
Liberty and freedom for all,
finally written into law
With tears we read Amendment 13
Free at last but…
what does freedom mean?
Soon we learn that free don’t mean free
Soon we learn that free don’t
mean free
Soon we learn that free don’t mean free
Of course the Man had
a backup plan
Black Codes spread throughout the Southland
Our own guns
we can’t tote
Can’t serve on juries, can’t cast a vote
Keeping us down to
this Black Codes see
Soon we learn that free… don’t always mean free
Ain’t got no 40 acres, I ain’t got no mule
Workin’ the planter’s land, with
the planter’s tool
I’m just a sharecropper, barely gettin’ by
I ain’t got
nothing here but freedom, nothing but freedom
A step up with Amendment 14
A step up with Amendment 14
A step up
with Amendment 14
From Washington’s Radical Republicans
Sayin’
everyone born in the United States
Regardless of skin color, race, or
religion
Was really and legally an American citizen
Equality still a far off
distant dream
A step further we came… with Amendment 14
Ain’t got no 40 acres, I ain’t got no mule
Workin’ the planter’s land, with
the planter’s tools
I’m just a sharecropper, barely gettin’ by
I ain’t got
nothing here but freedom, nothing but freedom
With every step forward two steps back
Separate fountains and everything
for white and black
Taxes and tests if we want to vote
Holding us down
with Ol’ Jim Crow
And when Plessy versed Ferguson, segregation became
in again
Separates not equal for white and black
With every step forward,
two steps back
Milestone of 1869
Milestone of 1869
Milestone of 1869
The right to vote –
a glimmer of hope
Praise the Lord – this one’s no joke
Finally a voice for
our shouts
A political, lawful avenue out
Much more to do but it’s a
moment in time
Amendment 15 in 18… 1869
Ain’t got no 40 acres, I ain’t got no mule
Workin’ the planter’s land, with
the planter’s tools
I’m just a sharecropper, barely getting’ by
I ain’t got
nothing here but freedom, nothing but freedom
Reconstruction Amendments