APUSH The 13, 14, and 15 Amendments – Flashcards
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Radical republicans
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Wanted to punish former confederate leaders
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13th amendment
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Abolished slavery everywhere in the US
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14th amendment
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Said that people born in the US were citizens (overturned the Dred Scott decision)
Promoted equal protection of laws
Said that confederate officials couldn't hold US office
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15th amendment
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Provided suffrage for African American males
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Impacts of the amendments
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Women's rights movement: the 14th and 15th amendments divided the group
Ways southern states got around the amendments: segregation, violence (KKK) intimidated southern blacks and discouraged voting. Civil rights cases-congress couldn't prohibit discrimination by private businesses and individuals. Plessy v. Ferguson-upheld separate but equal facilities. Local political tactics: poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses
The amendments didn't uphold civil rights in the short term, but did in the long term
