The Fifteenth Amendment and other civil war amendments with works consulted

It was inevitable that blacks would stay at the bottom of southern society. Just because they were free didn't mean that their lives experienced a complete turnaround. The fact that they had no base on which to start their new lives made it even harder. After the Civil War, the government sought to create equality amongst the Whites and the African Americans. The passage of the 15th amendment was essential to the modern America even …

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