Learning Target: I will be able to determine what the Civil War Amendments attempted to resolve for African Americans during and after the Civil War.
SS.CV.6.6-8.LC: Determine whether specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) resolve the problems they were meant to address.
SS.CV.6.6-8.MdC; Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in historic and contemporary settings.
SS.CV.6.6-8.MC: Develop procedures for making decisions in historic and contemporary settings (such as the school, civil society, or local, state or national government).
What do you think the Civil War Amendments were passed to resolve (or fix) in our nation?
Three amendments passed as a result of the Civil War
13th Amendment ended slavery
14th Amendment defined citizenship and gave African Americans citizenship.
14th Amendment established the concept that all citizens were "equal protection of the law"
15th Amendment protected the right to vote for African American men by outlawing discrimination based on race.