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The Constitution: The Civil Rights Amendments
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About This Video
After the Civil War ended in 1865, Americans began the business of reconstructing their country, and along with it, their Constitution. Kurt Lash, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond, analyzes the three amendments that ushered in a new era of freedom for all.
Watch more from PragerU’s Understanding the Constitution: A 10-Part Series.
Standards Met in Ohio
- AMG.9-12.15.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thExplain the constitutional amendments that explicitly affect marginalized groups in the United States (e.g., women’s suffrage, civil rights, voting rights).
- AMG.9-12.15.lp.bGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thDefine civil rights as rights protected by the U.S. Constitution. Civil rights include the right to vote and other opportunities for civic participation.
- AMG.9-12.9.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thDescribe the constitutional amendments added during the Reconstruction period.
- AMG.9-12.9.bGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify the United States constitutional amendments added during the Reconstruction period.
- AMG.9-12.9.cGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thSelect a right added to the U.S. Constitution during the Reconstruction period.
- AMG.9-12.9.lp.aGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thAssociate specific amendments with the extension of rights to all African-Americans (Reconstruction Amendments: 13th Amendment - prohibited slavery, 14th Amendment - citizenship and protection for all persons, 15th Amendment - voting rights).
- AMH.9-12.12.lp.dGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify two previous time periods in American history as the Civil War (1860-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1877), which left the country with continuing racial tensions.
- AMH.9-12.26.lp.dGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thDefine civil rights as rights protected by the U.S. Constitution. Civil rights include the right to vote and other opportunities for civic participation.
- SS.7.9cGrades 7thIdentify examples of slavery.