11-12: Reconstruction Flashcards
What did the 13th Amendment say?
‘Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, shall exist with the USA’
When was the 13th Amendment created?
1865
What did the 13th Amendment build off the back of?
The Emancipation Proclamation
When was the Emancipation Proclamation and who did it apply to?
1863
Only freed slaves in Confederate States to deprive South of economic input
Name two pros of the 13th Amendment
- It was immediate in its affect
- Made the abolition of slavery a fundamental part of the legal system
Name two cons of the 13th Amendment
- Exempted criminals, meaning black criminality and mass incarceration skyrocketed
- Southern states had ‘black codes’ and later ‘Jim Crow Laws’ that worked around amendment
When was the KKK set up
1867
What did Charles Sumner say in response to 13th Amendment?
‘Liberty has been won…The battle for equality is still pending’
Who said ‘Liberty has been won…The battle for equality is still pending’? What Amendement led him to say this?
Charles Sumner
13th Amendment
What did historian, Alexander Tsesis, say about 13th Amendment?
Made the principles of the Declaration of Independence into enforcable law
When was the 14th Amendment written?
1868
What are the 3 main parts of the 14th Amendment?
- No state can abridge privileges of citizens
- No state can take away life, liberty and property
- Any male under 21 refused vote will lose representatives
When was the first Civil Rights Act, and what Amendment backs it?
1866
14th Amendment
What did Eric Foner say about 14th Amendment?
14th Amendment sucks the most out of the Reconstruction Amendments because it didn’t really promise anything
When was the 15th Amendment introduced?
1870
What did the 15th Amendment say?
‘The right of citizens to vote shall not be abridged on the account of race, colour or previous condition of servitude’
What is a pro of the 15th Amendment?
Extended the vote to tens of thousands of previously disenfranchised men
What is a con of the 15th Amendment? When was this changed?
- You can still be denied votes based off gender, land, education etc.
- Full voting protection didn’t come until 1965
What does section 2 at the end of each Amendment say
‘Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation’
What are the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments known as collectively?
The Reconstruction Amendments or the Civil Rights Amendments
