The 13th Amendment: Abolishing Slavery

SS.5.4West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Outline the process in which amendments are made; interpret their meanings, and apply it to their daily lives, lives of others and lives of people throughout history.

SS.5.6West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Summarize the provisions of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including how the amendments protected the rights of African Americans and sought to enhance their political, social and economic opportunities.

SS.5.11West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain the economic problems that forced former slaves to continue to live in servitude even after slavery was officially abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment.

SS.5.21West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Examine the economic, political and social developments during Reconstruction. • Explain the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the goals of Reconstruction. • Characterize the effects of Reconstruction on African Americans (e.g., rights and restrictions, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments, rise of discriminatory laws and groups (Klu Klux Klan), motivations to relocate, and the actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau, etc.).