Reconstruction was a time period in America which consisted of many accomplishments, such as Amendments that gave people rights, and acts that gave education. ... Over time, Congress established the 14th and 15th Amendment to try to give African Americans their rights. The 14th Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, says that "anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the U.S. and of the state in which he or she lives" (Fourteenth Amendment). It also says that states cannot deny to any person "equal protection of the laws" (Fourteenth Amendment). ... The 15th Amendment, adopted ...

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The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America IV. ... The next significant change came with the ratification of the 15th Amendment on February 3, 1870. The 15th Amendment provided the right for all male citizens of the United States to vote. The 15th Amendment, section 1 states: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The 15th Amendment is what finally gave black males a "voice" in government and inspired many to see...

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Florence Kelly was one of the leaders in the battle against child labor. ... Wells was the leader of the anti-lynching movement. ... They succeeded in passing the 14th and 15th amendments, to the U.S. ... Anthony, her longtime colleague, refused to support the 15th Amendment because it did not enfranchise women, favoring passage of another constitutional amendment to do so. ... Conservative feminists, led by Lucy Stone; her husband, Henry Blackwell; and Julia Ward Howe, supported the 15th Amendment and campaigned for the passage of state laws to enfranchise women. ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist leader leading the Civil Rights Movement. ... He used the three persuasive techniques, logo, patho, and etho to vindicated his views on racial discrimination, which has inspired many African Americans to fight for their autonomy with non- violent protest. ... He was arrested for protesting the treatment that African Americans received in Birmingham. ... The 15th Amendment prohibits the government from rejecting any American citizen from participation in government activities regardless of his or her race. ... Martin Luther King Jr. illustrated the...

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The essay argues that the Brown v. ... The boycott inspired other bus boycotts and, more importantly, it legitimized a new form of racial protest which further opened the way for the Civil Rights Movement (Brinkley 902-903). Cook claims that the Brown decision not only bolstered the Civil Rights Movement but that it also inspired Congress to pass the first civil rights legislation in almost a century (9). ... Furthermore, the 14th and 15th Amendments were reinstituted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Cook 9). ... By declaring that segregation of black childre...

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This in part inspired the key women involved in the early Women's Rights Movement (Encarta). ... Anthony was born February 15th, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. ... Lucretia Coffin Mott was a leader in women's right's organizations until her death in 1880 (www.mott.pomona.edu/mott1.htm). ... With the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920 all that these three women stood for materialized. The 19th Amendment granted all women the right to vote (Encarta). ...

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Then an Amendment was passed which made slavery officially illegal, but not until 1865. ... The 15th Amendment was passed in 1870 to the Constitution. ... This little woman inspired many people and she quickly became a symbol of the civil rights movement. It was around the time that Martin Luther King Jr. became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. ... In the United States, the most outstanding theoretician and practitioner of Civil Disobedience was Civil Rights leader Dr. ...

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As the century progressed more and more colleges began to accept women, therefore enabling women to become educated and obtain resources that would make them leaders, writers, poets, and so on. ... In 1870 the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. ... This angered many women some felt discouraged while others felt even more inspired to put their all forward for the cause. ... On May 21, 1919 the House of Representatives passed the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment; originally the 16th Amendment, but now the 19th. ... Finally on March 22, 1974 the passage of the Equal Rights Amend...

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