Amendments 13, 14, & 15

The XIII Amendment states that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United Sates". The government decided to prohibit slavery in the states which freed the Africian Americans from being sold for labor. Congress has the right to implement  new laws to support this article.

The XIV Amendment, Section 1 Implies that all people born or naturalized in the US are citizens of the US and of the state they reside on. "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States" The states can't deny any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Nor could they deny anyone the protection of equal rights.
Section 2
"the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state".This section explains the guidelines for the House of Representitives. It tells you the amount of Representives in each state according to its male citizens of the United States that are of age, without any criminal record.
Section 3
This section explains that no person could be a Senator or Representative in Congress if thay have taken an oath of loyallty or have been involved in a rebellion. Congress however can by a vote of two-thirds of each house.
Section 4
"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
The United States will not be questioned about its debt and anyone that tries to pay off the debt shall be illegal.
Section 5
Congress has the right to implement new laws to support this article.


According to the XV Amendment In 1870, no state could take away the right of a United States citizen to vote based on their race, color, or any previous condition of servitude. Congress has the right to implement new laws to support this article.

Divine, Robert A.. America, Past and Present. Glenview, Ill.: Scott, Foresman, 1984. Print.