6.5: Constitutional Freedoms II by https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04 en-us 2018-02-19 19:09:27 UTC 2023-02-20 18:57:26 UTC hello@padlet.com nandi_patel https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233028290 Explain the importance of the 14th Amendment and other legislation that prohibits different types of discrimination.]]> 2018-02-19 19:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233028290 The Amendments nandi_patel https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233028551 "The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery, and the Fifteenth Amendment said that the right to vote could not be restricted based on race or color. The Fourteenth Amendment was the longest and most complex of the three. It did three very important things:

  1. Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
  2. Guaranteed due process of law from all state governments.
  3. Guaranteed equal protection of the laws from all state governments." (Chapter 15 Lesson 4).
]]> 2018-02-19 19:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233028551 nandi_patel https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233032891 The 14th amendment clearly states who is a citizen in the United States: Anyone that is born or naturalized in the country, as long as they are subject to U.S. jurisdiction. This was a big deal because for the first time anyone born in the U.S. could not be striped of their citizenship.]]> 2018-02-19 19:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233032891 nandi_patel https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233037956 After the fourteenth amendment, the General Allotment Act, later known as The Dawes Act. was passed in the 1887. This act gave Native Americans the benefits of land ownership and eduction. The government would pay for schools which would help the Native Americans integrate into American society. ]]> 2018-02-19 19:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233037956 nandi_patel https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233040896 2018-02-19 19:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233040896 nandi_patel https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233041385 2018-02-19 19:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nandi_patel/mr0aw7skjf04/wish/233041385