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The U.S. Constitution and Civil
Rights:
The Civil Rights MovementHow did we get here?
California Content Standard
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11.10 Students analyze the development
of federal civil rights and voting rights.
11.10.6 Analyze the ffects of civil rights
and voting rights legislation (e.g., 1964
Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act of 1965)
and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, with
an emphasis on equality of access to
education and to the political process.
Lesson Objectives
• Students will be able to:
* compare and contrast the conditions in which
African Americans lived before and after the
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
* identify the setbacks to reconstruction efforts
* evaluate the purpose of the U.S. Constitution
* examine how the conditions for African
Americans in the U.S. lead to the Civil Rights
movement
Constitutional Changes Under
Reconstruction
• Thirteen Amendment (1865) Slavery and
Involuntary Servitude
Section 1: Outlawing Slavery- neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have been
dully convicted, shall exist within the U.S., or
any place subject to their jurisdiction
Section 2: Enforcement- Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by appropriate
legislation
Thirteen Amendment (1865)
Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
• Before
• After
Constitutional Changes Under
Reconstruction
• Fourteenth Amendment (1868) Rights of Citizens
• Section 1: Citizenship- All persons born or
naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
States and of the state wherein they reside. No
state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileged or immunities of citizens of
the United States ; nor shall any state deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor deny any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Fourteenth Amendment (1868)
Rights of Citizens
• Before
• After
Constitutional Changes Under
Reconstruction
• Fifteenth Amendment (1870) Right to VoteRace, Color, Servitude
Section 1: Extending the Right to Vote- The
right of citizens of the U.S. to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the U.S. or any
state on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
Section 2: Enforcement- The Congress shall
have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.
Fifteenth Amendment (1870) Right
to Vote-Race, Color, Servitude
• Before
• After
Reconstruction Backlash/Results
• 13th AmendmentSlavery
*Continual poverty for
African Ams.
*Share Cropping, tenant
farming
*limited opportunities
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Reconstruction Backlash/Results
• 14th Amendment-Rights
of Citizen
*Jim Crow lawssuperior/inferior, societal
norms
*Plessy v. Ferguson 1896legalizes “separate but
equal”
*Growth of the KKKterrorism
Reconstruction Backlash/Results
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15th AmendmentRight to Vote
*Voting Restrictions
1. poll tax- fee to vote
2. literacy testsdesigned to keep
African Ams. from
voting
3. grandfather clause
Before the Civil Rights
Movement the U.S. looked like
this…
Quick Write Prompt
• How effective were the constitutional
changes made under reconstruction?
• How did the conditions in which African
Americans lived elicit the need for a Civil
Rights movement?