Reconstruction Amendments
CLEP American Government, Chapter 25 Reconstruction Amendments Reconstruction Amendments The Reconstruction Amendments changed both individual rights and national power. The Thirteenth ended slavery; the Fourteenth defined national and state citizenship and restricted state action through the Privileges or Immunities, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses; the Fifteenth prohibited denying or abridging the vote on account […]
Slavery and constitutional conflict
CLEP American Government, Chapter 25 Slavery and constitutional conflict The Constitution of 1787 never used the word slavery, but it accommodated the institution. The Three-Fifths Clause counted three-fifths of the enslaved population when allocating House seats and direct taxes, increasing slaveholding states' representation without giving enslaved people political rights. The Migration or Importation Clause prevented […]
