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This overview highlights the historical significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution. The 13th Amendment, passed in January 1865, abolished slavery throughout the U.S. The 14th Amendment, enacted in June 1866, granted full citizenship to all individuals born in the U.S., including African Americans, ensuring that states cannot deprive citizens of their life, liberty, or property without due process. The 15th Amendment, ratified in February 1869, prohibited denying voting rights based on race or color, although it primarily benefited adult males, leaving women still fighting for suffrage.
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Amendments BY: Adelee Faulk & Shelley Culver
13th Amendment • Passed January 1865 • Abolished slavery in all parts of the U.S.
14th Amendment • Passed June 1866 • Gave full citizenship to all people born in the U.S. (including African Americans) • No state could take away a citizens life, liberty, and property without “due process of law”
15th Amendment • Passed February 1869 • Gave voting right to all males no matter “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”
RIGHTS • 14 - Men of any race had more rights than women of any race and if states tried to prevent men from voting they would lose representation in congress • 15 – Only adult males had the right to vote even though women had been fighting to gain this specific right
