Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    action was formed. The first act of affirmative action--before it was called affirmative action-in the United States was the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 (Allen 19). The Emancipation Proclamation was declared by Abraham Lincoln, and its purpose was to free the slaves who were in captivity during the American Civil War. Most of these slaves were African Americans brought over to the United States and clapped in irons by slavers. Some slaves were treated well, but most of them were treated so…

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    Is the Constitution a democratic document or undemocratic? According the book “We the People”, democracy is defined as; a system of rule that permits citizens to play a significant part in the governmental process, usually through the election of key public officials. The farmers of the constitution wanted individual liberty to be first before any other political values, and they were highly concerned with their time and place. The farmers wanted the people of the Unites States to hold most…

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    speech. The ideal that had the greatest impact on the Enlightenment was the idea of equality. The U.S Constitution, Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the Haitian Constitution of 1801 includes the ideal of equality. Ideal…

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    came up with some new amendments. These new amendments were the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment was perhaps the starting point that got the ball rolling for equality. In Give Me Liberty, Eric Foner went into detail about each of the amendments, and stated, “On January 31st, 1865, Congress approved the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the entire Union-and in doing so, introduced the word ‘slavery’ to the Constitution for the first…

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    Henry seized this opportunity by using it as the “key reason” (pg.416) to convince more states not to ratify the constitution. After the Bill of Rights were established by James Madison, things began to fall apart in the story of America’s beginning. They created these Amendments to be broad, which in the end hurt us, instead of its intended purpose, to help us. The statement made in the First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law” (pg. 417) which, applies explicitly to the national…

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    The 14th Amendment

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    probably represents democracy. 6. (a) The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, This amendment was a direct result of the civil war. The fourteenth amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to treatment of freedmen following the war. The fifteenth amendment: By 1869, amendments had been passed to abolish slavery and provide…

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    Susan B Anthony's Speech

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    women, and if they did they might get arrested. Anthony wrote and delivered stub speeches but didn’t have much success doing so. Nonetheless many years after she died her dedication made an impact in women’s right to vote, and in 1920 the 19th amendment was passed. In her speech Anthony talks about ending women’s suffrage, and her story of how she got arrested for trying to vote. In 1872 Anthony got arrested as a result of voting in the presidential election. She was tried in 1873 by an all…

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    In the book, “Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution”, McPherson elaborates on the trials of Abraham Lincoln to keep the Union together despite the growing division between the northern and southern states. The book discusses the legacy of the Civil war in relation to politics, economics, and post-war relations. McPherson presents the question: was the civil war revolutionary? In order to address the question, he defines revolution as “the overthrow of the existing social and…

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    felony and go to prison, depending on what state they’re is in, their right to vote may be suspended for a certain period of time or taken away completely. I don’t think it is fair how some states take away a felon’s right to vote once they get out of prison. States who enforce laws that take away the right to vote do not treat criminals as if they are normal U.S. citizens. All states have different voting laws for felons which comes from the constitution, however, denying a citizen the right to…

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    The Civil War and Reconstruction had far-reaching results in terms of race relations in the United States. After the Civil war in 1862 several legislations were passed to help the freed slaves. The Civil Rights act of 1875 prohibited segregation in public areas and many amendments gave African Americans more rights (Brinkley, 2014). Even with new legislations the status of the newly freed African Americans didn’t change mush until the twentieth century. The reconstruction was to provide a new…

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