Amendments 13 - 15

Standard:
Recognize and comprehend the impact of the
influences of intellectual and religious though on
the political systems of the United States.
 Amendments that helped Black
Americans obtain certain rights

 13th Amendment
 14th Amendment
 15th Amendment
 13th Amendment (1865)
 Abolished slavery
 14th Amendment (1868)
 Gave blacks
citizenship.
 15th Amendment (1870)
 Gave males the
right to vote.
Reconstruction Amendments Video
Segment
Limitations on the Rights of Blacks
 Black Codes were created after the Civil War
to limit the rights of African Americans.
Blacks could not intermarry, own weapons or
gather together after sundown. Black could not
vote.
 Limitations on the Rights of Blacks
 Jim Crow Laws were also set up to limit the rights
of African Americans. These laws were passed as a
result of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which set up the
“separate but equal doctrine”. These laws set up
separate facilities for both blacks and whites. These
laws extended from the late 1800s to the 1960s.
 Jim Crow laws kept blacks from voting. Poll taxes
said a person had to pay a tax before voting. Some
states made voters pass literacy test. These laws kept
many poor uneducated blacks voting.
Plessy v. Ferguson
 References
 APT - www.aptplus.org
 Passing the AHSGE Social Studies Manual