HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Fifteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Reconstruction Amendments
19 Jan 2018
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Civil war (1861-1865) 11 southern states (the confederacy) seceded in 1861 to establish their own country where slavery was protected. North/union defeats the south because of its superior industrial capacity and infrastructure, larger population, excellent political and military leadership, and because of the actions of african americans who revolted, fought for freedom. North didnt need slavery to survive like the south. Abraham lincoln was a very good military leader. Cotton picking largest product of industrial industry, clothes. Large anti-slavery movement beginning from religious leaders, etc. 13th amendment (1865) abolished slavery in the us (frees 4 million slaves) 14th amendment (1868) bestows citizenship rights on african americans, grants equal protection of law. 15th amendment (1870) forbade states from denying suffrage to any male citizen on account of race, color, previous condition of servitude (right to vote) Formed in 1854 by northern politicians committed to halting the expansion of slavery (lincoln)
