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15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment secured the voting rights for African American men, marking the culmination of progressive legislative changes during the Reconstruction era.
Makematic
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States in 1865. But it was just the beginning of a long fight for equality and civil rights.
Makematic
The Impact of the Civil War
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, South Carolina, marking the explosive start of the Civil War. The conflict led to short-lived progress and long-term struggles for true racial equality.
Wonderscape
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment: Ending Poll Taxes in Voting
This video explores the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964, which abolished poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections. Learn how this amendment was a key victory of the Civil Rights movement, aimed at removing...
Wonderscape
History Kids: Constitutional Amendments 11 - 15
The video discusses the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution. It explores how these amendments have shaped our country and affected the lives of citizens, particularly focusing on issues such as...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Reconstructing a Nation
This video delves into the challenges and opportunities that arose during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War and, in particular, re-unifying the states. [28:25]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Fifteenth Amendment: Threats and Violence
Even though African Americans were given the right to vote after the Civil War, most experienced barriers to voting and did not exercise this right until the civil rights movement one hundred years later.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 13: The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment was intended to protect the rights of African Americans to vote. It worked, for a while.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Fifteenth Amendment and Suffrage
While the Fifteenth Amendment was meant to clear the way for disenfranchised groups to vote, most Southern and some other states put obstacles in place to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The 15th Amendment
A discussion of the 15th Amendment. [7:02]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Origins of Jim Crow Part 3
Discusses how federal troops tried to ensure that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were abided by in the South. [4:01]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
During Reconstruction, federal troops attempted to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments in the South. [4:00]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 9: Moral/political Motivations
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans.