13th Amendment

13th Amendment

Indicator for the Week

8.3.P: Analyze the Civil War Amendments (i.e., 13th, 14th, and 15th) as a turning point in the economic, political, and social structures of South Carolina

Essential Question

How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments serve as a catalyst for Reconstruction?

Warm-Up

USA Test Prep mini video and questions

13th Amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Ratified in 1865

• The first of the Reconstruction Amendments

Effects

• Ended American chattel slavery

  (Chattel Slavery: A person is enslaved for life, their children are born enslaved)

• 4 million newly freed former slave

• Allowed for anti-discrimination laws and anti-hate crime laws

• Some argue contributed to modern prison labor systems: “except as punishment for a crime”

Guided Practice

13th Amendment Worksheet

Amendment Project Explanation

Independent Practice

Term Matching and Amendment Game