PPT-13 th amendment - freed slaves (civil rights granted)

14 th amendment made freed slaves citizens civil rights 15 th amendment right to vote for African Americans civil rights Describe the following amendments to the Constitution Identify the following. Meredith Orr. Kaitlyn Tharp. Period 6. Civil Liberties. Personal liberties and freedoms that people are born with and the government cannot restrict. . Civil liberties are protected by the United State’s Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Introduction . Game Plan. This . week we will study one Amendment at a time, starting with the text of the Amendment and then following the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) cases that further explain that Amendment.. 1865-1877. A. What was Reconstruction?. Attempt to . a. chieve national reunification and reconciliation after Civil War.. Attempt to improve status of former slaves.. Difficult to achieve both.. B. 4 Main Questions. AP U.S. Government & Politics. Unit 7. Latin and the Law. stare . decisis. in loco parentis. parens. . patriae. ipso facto. de facto. de jure. quid pro quo. The Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is…. The living constitution. Supreme court justice frankfurter. “It . is a fair summary of constitutional history that the landmarks of our liberties have often been forged in cases . involving not very nice people.”. Mr. Raymond. EOC Amendments. Use the quotation to answer the question. .. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury. ”. —. Meredith Orr. Kaitlyn Tharp. Period 6. Civil Liberties. Personal liberties and freedoms that people are born with and the government cannot restrict. . Civil liberties are protected by the United State’s Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Draw this chart in your notebooks. 24. th. Amendment. (1964). Civil Rights Act. of 1964. Voting Rights Act of 1965. 24. th. Amendment. Outlawed the poll tax. In several southern states there was still a poll tax meant to keep African Americans from voting. Reconstruction. The Reconstruction Era was from 1865 to 1877.. . The Reconstruction Era was called this because it was the period in which the Union was reconstructing the South. The South was reconstructed economically, structurally, and socially. It also embodied the goal to give rights to freed slaves.. Now that slavery. was over, African. Americans had. 2 main problems.. 1. They were. uneducated.. 2. They were. unemployed.. So the United States. government established. the. Freed. men. ’s. Bureau.. Objective: I can analyze the Bill of Rights & Other Amendments. Limits on Rights. An individual’s rights must be balanced with the rights of others and the community’s health and safety.. Community vs. Individual Rights. Civil Liberties And how they relate the Judicial Branch Overview What are civil liberties Not the same as civil rights, although related They are the protections the Constitution provides against the abuse of government power Racialduring ReconstructionThe Reconstruction Era attempted to reintegrate the Confederate states into the Union on the grounds that full civil and political equality for African Americans be institut Setting the Stage for the Modern Movement. Abolitionist Groups Form. 1775. Founding of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (PAS), the world's first antislavery society and the first Quaker anti-slavery society. .