The 13th Amendment: This amendment bands slavery in the US and how Congress is going to in force this law. 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."
The 14th Amendment: Section 1) This section of the fourteenth amendment talks about how all persons naturalized and born in the US hold two citizen ships, one for the United Sates, and one for the State you live in. All states can not take the rights away from their citizens that are made by the United States. Section 2) This section of the 14th amendment talks about the age in which a male has to be in order to vote, 21. Also that they can't deny any male, over the age of 21, the right to vote, unless they are accused of or associated with crime, rebellion. " Section 3) This amendment basically says that you cant work for the United states government if you have committed a crime, and or an act of rebellion. Section 4) This section talks about how.... "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void." Section 5) This section basically says that the Congress will enforce this amendment.
The 15th Amendment: Section 1) This amendment is giving citizens in the US the right to vote and how they can't say "no" because of your race, color or prior condition of being a slave. Section 2) States how the congress will enforce this amendment.
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ReplyDeleteYes, and to summarize even more briefly: the 13th amendment made slavery of any kind illegal in the U.S., the 14th amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or "naturalized" in the United States, and the 15th amendment insured the right to vote to all citizens (who were male over the age of 21). However, it is interesting how those who drafted these amendments added clauses that helped them to reformulate the nation after the war, including protection against law suits, and formulating legislation pertaining to elected officials. I'd like to see you add in your MLA citations, so your reader knows what page this information comes from...
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