Major Problems Between The 13th And 15th Amendments

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After the end of the American Civil War in 1865 our growing country was in desperate need of adjustments. The Union had beaten the Confederacy which left them in charge of how we were going to fix all of the problems in our country at the time. At this time Abraham Lincoln had been killed and new president Andrew Johnson had been chosen. The three major problems that Johnson decided to address and fix was slavery, the rights of the people, and the rights on voting. These problems would be resolved in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, also known as the “reconstruction amendments”, of the United States Constitution and they brought profound changes to our nation. The changes that these amendments made were so influential that many people today …show more content…

The first amendment of the “reconstruction amendments” that was instituted in our nation constitution is the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery as a legal institution. Although for our country at the time it was also equally as important for them to define the citizens rights and the voting rights it was even more important that they determine their decision on slavery. Slavery was the main initiator of the American Civil war because it divided the nation into two belief, the Confederacy which thought that slavery should stay because of its help financially and with labor and the Union which thought slavery should be abolished mainly because of morals and also many people in the U.S. at the time just wanted to support the federal government. There are two very good arguments when it came to slavery in the 1860’s. The first one being, supporting the confederacy, the fact that maybe …show more content…

The three amendments that led to the belief of “America’s Second Founding” created a new, more humane, and progressive nation that would become the united nation that we know it as today. The United States was completely changed after the end of the Civil War when the Union and the Confederacy finally joined back together as one nation, but also solely due to the profound changes in the Constitution with the addition of these amendments. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments had very profound effects on the United State by abolishing slavery, developing rights of the citizens, and creating voting equality. Although these amendments may have not been immediately accepted or put to use like they were supposed to, but this was a giant and influential step in the development of the country after the Civil

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