The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments made critical changes to the Constitution, such as the abolition of slavery, that addressed issues not settled at the Constitutional Convention or by the Civil War.

We examine how slavery affected state and national powers.

We continue our discussion of how slavery affected state and national powers.

We continue our discussion of how slavery affected state and national powers.

We conclude our discussion of slavery and the constitution.

This video examines the impact of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in the United States, became law. How did former slaves react to their newfound freedom? [2:52]