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Amendment Essay

Stnd: 8.11: Students analyze the character and the lasting consequences if Reconstruction…Understand the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution andanalyze their connection to Reconstruction.

Directions: You will write an essay demonstrating your knowledge of Reconstruction and the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and their significance andlasting effects on the U.S. Remember that this is a formal essay in which you must support your arguments with information from your notes and the textbook.

Paragraph 1: Introduction
Thesisstatement
Background information on Reconstruction (what it was and why there was a need for it)
Paragraph 2: 13th Amendment
Problems which were occurring under Reconstruction that required the 13thamendment to remedy
Description of the 13th amendment
Significance of it
Paragraph 3: 14th Amendment
Problems which were occurring under Reconstruction that required the 14th amendment to remedyDescription of the 14th amendment
Significance of it
Paragraph 4: 15th Amendment
Problems which were occurring under Reconstruction that required the 15th amendment to remedy
Description of the 15thamendment
Significance of it
Paragraph 5: Conclusion
Were the amendments effective in remedying the problems created during Reconstruction?
Did the go far enough?
Were they effective? How or whynot?
Should Congress have done more, if so, what?
Was a 16th amendment necessary? Why or why not?

Be sure to mention the following information in your essays:
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The BlackCodes
Johnson’s Plan for Reconstruction
Congress’s Plan for Reconstruction
Secret Societies
Jim Crows Laws
Ulysses S. Grant
Enmienda 14
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