Who were the people kill black people for voting for a republican.
What was the Ku Klux Klan
What does Amend mean
What is to change
A Confederate general who's father was a general in the American Revolution
Who was Robert E. Lee
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. [passed by Congress, January 1865; ratified December 1865]
What is the 13th Amendment
Amendment
What is a change to the Constitution
All persons born or naturalized (becoming a citizen) in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge (limit) the privileges...of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive (take away) any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law (follow a procedure like going to court); nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
[passed by Congress June 1866; ratified July 1868]
What is the 14th Amendment
What does Abolish mean
What is to end or stop something from happening
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged (limited) by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (slavery)
[passed by Congress February 1869; ratified March 1870]
What is the 15th Amendment
He was the 25th Governor of New York. He ran for president in 1876, and was apart of the compromise of 1877.
Who is Samuel J. Tilden