Study Aid: Reconstruction Amendments

by Steven Mintz

Thirteenth Amendment	Prohibited slavery in the United States
Fourteenth Amendment	Defined national citizenship Reduced state representation in Congress proportional to number of disfranchised voters Denied former Confederates the right to hold public office
Fifteenth Amendment	Prohibited denial of vote on grounds of race, color, or previous servitude

White Democrats Regain Control of Southern Legislatures
1869	Virginia
1870	North Carolina
1871	Georgia
1873	Texas
1874	Alabama Arkansas
1875	Mississippi
1877	Florida Louisiana South Carolina