... Civil War to provide equality for all black Americans during the Reconstruction period. A. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America B. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America C. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America IV. The southern reaction throughout the Reconstruction period. A. The birth of the black community B. Black ... State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The ...

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... people strongly disagree. For example, the opposing side would argue that the issue of secession was never mentioned in the Constitution, which allowed the South to secede due to Amendment 10 (The Constitution). Amendment 10 states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or ... without the consent of Congress making it legal for the eleven southern states to secede. Nonetheless, "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;" (Article IV Section 3 of the Constitution)....

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... , which showed that the people agreed with not only his politics, but also his stand on slavery. After he was elected for a second term in office, Lincoln passed the Thirteenth Amendment which ended slavery in the United States. But sadly, his second term was to be cut short in a violent ending for this wonderful president. Lincoln was assassinated in April 14 ... standoff between forces at Petersburg, Virginia, which dragged on well into the next year. Over 65,000 casualties were reported dead, wounded, or missing by the end of that battle. IV. Surrender By the spring of 1865, the men a...

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