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Civil Rights Amendments

Explore the Civil Rights Amendments that protected the rights of African Americans and women, including the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments. Learn about the fight for equality and the extension of civil liberties.

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Civil Rights Amendments

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  1. Civil Rights Amendments

  2. Protecting the Rights of All

  3. Protecting the Rights of All • The Bill of Rights did not restrain the power of the state or local governments, only the national government. • Many states used their reserved powers to violate the civil liberties of some Americans.

  4. Protecting the Rights of All • Before 1865, African Americans remained enslaved throughout the South. • These slaves had little, if any, civil liberties.

  5. Protecting the Rights of All • From 1865 to 1870, three Civil War amendments (13, 14, 15) were added to extend civil liberties by limiting state abuses of power to newly freed African Americans. • It broadened the reach of Constitutional rights.

  6. The Thirteenth Amendment • The 13th Amendment (Civil WarAmendment) officially ended slavery(or forced labor) in the U.S., freeing thousands of African Americans in the South

  7. The Fourteenth Amendment • The 14th Amendment (Civil WarAmendment) defined a U.S. citizenas anyone “born or naturalizedin the U.S.” • This included most newly freed African Americans, who were required to be granted by the state “equal protection” of the laws(to counter Southern “black codes”) • And, In order to ensure the rights of African American citizens, every statewas also now required to grant its citizens due process of law(equal protection under the law – known as Due ProcessClause of the 14th Amendment)

  8. 14th Amendment 1868 – Defines citizenship

  9. 14th Amendment 1868 – State Laws

  10. 14th Amendment 1868 – Equal Protection Under the Law

  11. The Fifteenth Amendment • The 15thAmendment (Civil War Amendment) granted African Americans suffrage(the right to vote). • This suffrage, however, was granted only to African American men in most states.

  12. Protecting the Rights of All • Before 1920, women were not permitted to vote in almost all U.S. states. • The “suffrage movement” was the effort to gain women the right to vote.

  13. The Nineteenth Amendment • The 19th Amendment extended suffrage (right to vote) to include womenin all states and national elections • Nicknamed “universalsuffrage”

  14. 19th Amendment 1920 – Right to vote for Women

  15. The Twenty Fourth Amendment • The 24th Amendment made poll taxes(money paid for the right to vote) illegal in national elections • The U.S. Supreme Court would also later rule that poll taxes were illegal in state elections as well • Poll taxes were common “Jim Crow Laws” that discriminated against African Americans in the South

  16. 24th Amendment 1964 - No Poll Taxes

  17. The Twenty Sixth Amendment • The 26th Amendment” lowered the voting ageto18for all national, state, and local elections • Came about during the Vietnam Conflict when many believed if an 18 year old was old enough to fight in war, they should be able to vote.

  18. 26th Amendment - 1971Lowered Voting Age from 21 to 18

  19. Review:Which amendment defines citizenship? The 14th

  20. Review:Which amendment gave women the right to vote? The 19th

  21. Review:Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote? The 15th

  22. Review:Which amendment said that state laws must be constitutional? The 14th

  23. Review:Which amendment ended slavery? The 13th

  24. Review:Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18? The 26th

  25. Review:Which amendment outlawed poll taxes? The 24th

  26. Review:Which amendment said that there must be equal protection under the law? The 14th

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