AS America Time to test the water!

1. TASK: Copy out the table below, and add events/facts you know for each topic AS AmericaTime to test the water!

2. How effective were the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments in improving the lives of black Americans? Good learning: Understand what the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment are. Great learning: Explain the impact of both Amendments Even better: Evaluate whether the Amendments improve the lives of black Americans

3. The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, passed between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War. This group of Amendments are sometimes referred to as the Civil War Amendments. The Amendments were intended to restructure the United States from a country that was (in Abraham Lincoln's words) "half slave and half free" to one in which the constitutionally guaranteed "blessings of liberty" would be extended to the entire populace, including the former slaves and their descendants. UNDERSTAND what the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment are. EXPLAIN the impact of both Amendments EVALUATE whether the Amendments improved the lives of black Americans What were the Reconstruction Amendments?

4. What was the Thirteenth Amendment? TASK: You’ve been given a card sort. Cut it out and put it in order to show how the issue of the end of slavery became tied up with the civil war. Challenge  Can you identify a turning point in the abolition of slavery? Watch the following clip, is there anything further you could add? UNDERSTAND what the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment are. EXPLAIN the impact of both Amendments EVALUATE whether the Amendments improved the lives of black Americans

5. What was the Thirteenth Amendment? TASK: Using the information below, you can add 5 facts to your notes • THE BASICS • The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States • It was the first of three Reconstruction Amendments adopted in the five years following the American Civil War. • The 13th Amendment, passed by Congress on the 31st January, 1865, and ratified December 6, 1865, states: • “1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” • WHY WASN’T THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAIMATION ENOUGH? • Although Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, there were problems with relying on it to ensure an end to slavery in the U.S. • One problem with relying only on the Emancipation Proclamation was that it was issued using Lincoln’s war powers (seen as temporary) • Another problem with relying only on the Emancipation Proclamation is it applied only to the states that were in active rebellion on January 1, 1863, but did not apply to slave-holding border states or to areas of Confederate states already under Union control at the time. UNDERSTAND what the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment are. EXPLAIN the impact of both Amendments EVALUATE whether the Amendments improved the lives of black Americans • HOW DID IT PASS? • In December 1863 and January 1864, two bills and a joint resolution were introduced into the House and Senate, all making similar proposals for a Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. • The Senate Judiciary committee combined the proposals and presented them to the Senate, which passed (April 8, 1864, 38-6) • Unfortunately, the House did not act similarly and the amendment had to be reintroduced. • This time, Lincoln took an active role in getting it through the House (part of the Republican platform in the 1864 election) • The House passed it on January 31, 1865, and it was sent to the state legislatures for ratification. • On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment was adopted—three fourths of the states had ratified it. • All but three of the remaining states had ratified it by 1870 (two of those would not ratify it until the second half of the 20th century): Delaware ratified it on February 12, 1901, Kentucky on March 18, 1976, and Mississippi on March 16, 1995.

6. What was the impact of the Amendment? In one act the 13th Amendment wiped out $2 billion in property as slaves were owned by white slave owners. It also created 4 million new freemen and ended forever the division of the US population between freemen and slaves. UNDERSTAND what the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment are. EXPLAIN the impact of both Amendments EVALUATE whether the Amendments improved the lives of black Americans • TASK 1:. Categorize the information on the sheet you have been given into: • Evidence there was a move towards equality • Evidence to suggest there was not a move towards equality • Factors which inhibited the move to equality • TASK 2: Watch the following clip to help you create a mind map that explains the impact of the Thirteenth Amendment commenting on the following: • The status of slavery in America • Existing legislation concerning slavery • The American political system • Southern culture • Please note! • However, though slaves were now free in law, they still had a considerable way to go before they received equality.

7. How far did then 13th Amendment improve the lives of black Americans? UNDERSTAND what the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment are. EXPLAIN the impact of both Amendments EVALUATE whether the Amendments improved the lives of black Americans Not at all A lot

8. For next lesson you will need to: • TASK: • Read and highlight the ‘Chequered History of the Fourteenth Amendment’ • BONUS STAMP! • Watch ‘13th’ on Netflix (currently on YouTube!) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk trailer • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WU608Z2678 – full documentary on YouTube Flipped Learning