Chapter 8
Target 3
Robert Hickman
The ammendments
The 13th Ammendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United states Constitution abolished slavery and invultury servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865. On December 18, 1865, William wahs proclaimed it to have been adopted.
15 Amendment
The 15th amendment protects the rights of Americans to vote in elections to elect their leaders. Specifically, it confirms the right to vote and lists conditions that are illegal to deny another person the right to vote.
14th amendment
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 wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
More vocab
Emancipation proclamation- The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the country entered the third year of the Civil War. It declared that "all persons held as slaves … shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"
Main ideas
What problems did Robert Hickman face in MN?
How did the civil war effect MN?
Where did the civil war end?
What did the 13th 14th and 15th amendments have on are economy?
Resources page!
National park service.com
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History kids.net
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Pictures-
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http://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/cons/features/0206_01/slide5.html
National park service.com
Laws.com
History.net