Amendment15W2

= 15W2 = = Fifteenth Amendment = = Essential Question: = =//__** What issues prompted the creation of the 15th amendment? **__//= =//__** What impact did the 15th amendment have on society at that time? **__//=



=** __Research Questions:__ **=

When slavery was abolished, African-Americans wanted equal rights and more rights. They had the right to own land and work at jobs, but not the right to vote. The goal of the African-Americans was to get the right to vote so they created the 15th amendment. When this bill was sent to Congress they accepted it and sent it to president, Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill, but the congress overthrew it. After the veto was overthrown, African-Americans had the right to vote.
 * __1. What were the actions to cause t__****__his event?__**

__**2. Where was it established and why in that particular place?**__ It was established in Washington D.C. because all laws/amendments have to be created in the Congress, judged by the Supreme Court, and passed or vetoed by the President. __**3. How did both northern and southern states react to this amendment?**__ Through the use of poll taxes, reading/writing tests, the southern states we able to dissolve African Americans. This also means th.at the southern states were able to get more votes because they had a lot of slaves. Many northern states voted against giving the rights to black men because the southern states would get more votes. The northern states were not happy about this amendment. __**4. Did people protest against it?**__ Yes, after the law was passed and African-American men were allowed to vote, state representatives took their rights away and didn't allow them to vote. Also this amendment meant that the southern states would get more votes than northern states and they didn't like that. Most if not all of the northern states voted against the amendment.

__**5. How did the African-Americans react to the protesting?**__ The protesting was more motivation for African-Americans because even though their law was passed, many states still didn't allow them to vote. They wanted equal right so they continued to try and pass the law so that in all states, African-Americans were allowed to vote and be free.

__**6. What was happening in the country when it was created?**__ When the 15th amendment was passed, it was around the time of the Civil War. This amendment was passed around the time of the Civil War because the Civil War was a fight for slavesand African-Americans and this amendment was a big deal to African-Americans.

__**7. Who fought against racism and created the amendment?**__ The Congress of the United States came up with the amendment that changed the rights that African-American men would have forever. It was passed by congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870. __**8. Were there a lot of African-American men in the country at the time?**__ Yes, there were a lot of African-American men in the country at the time the law was passed. If there weren't then the people would have not protested and made bill a law giving African-American men the right to vote.

__**9. Did the amendment have a positive or negative effect on society?**__ The Amendment had a positive effect on society. This is because when African-American men were allowed to vote, it gave them more rights which eventually prompted the law that all women were allowed to vote.

__**10. Once African-American men got the right to vote, were they also free from slavery?**__ Yes, in fact African-Americans were free from slavery before they had the right to vote. The law that abolished slavery was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865. The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864. This also led to the ability for women to vote.

=__Research Focus Questions:__= __**1. What issues prompted the creation of the 15th amendment?**__

When slavery was abolished in 1865, African-Americans decided that they needed more rights than they already have so they can be equal with white people. Congress decided to propose a law that gave African-Americans the right to vote, but many people didn't vote for it. Most of the people who didn't vote for it were in the northern states because they didn't have as many slaves as the south. This would mean that the south would get more votes then the north because they had a big population. Most of if not all of the southern states voted for the law, but only some northern states voted for it. Finally, the law was voted by enough states and it was sent to the president. The president that was in office during the creation of this law was Andrew Johnson. When Andrew Johnson saw the law he vetoed it and sent it back to the Congress. In order to get the law passed they would need to override the veto, which they did. In success of getting 37 states to vote, they got the law passed and it became an amendment. -Jason Amato

During the time when African-American's were granted the right to vote, the 1870's, it had a very big impact on society. At that time, only white men were allowed to vote, and because slavery had been abolish, they had almost all the rights of white men, except voting. The law had a big effect because now the southern states larger populations and could influence an important vote dramatically. The northern states rebelled against this law. Many states even tried to get rid of it by not allowing black men to vote in their state, but eventually, African-American men were able to vote freely in all states. Furthermore, the passing of the 15th Amendment induced the bill proposal that all women could vote. If black men were granted the right to vote, then so would women, they thought. So thirty years after the 15th Amendment was passed, women were allowed the equitable right to vote. There were many effects that the 15th Amendment had on society and many were very significant. __//~Brian Kim-Koutsis//__
 * __2. What impact did the 15th amendment have on society at that time?__**

//__**For More Information...**__//
Click here to see what states ratified the 15th amendment. [|http://www.usconstitution.net/constamrat.html#Am15] Click here to watch a video that contains great information on the 15th amendment. http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment/videos

**__These are the websites we used:__**
[|www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=44] https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html http://www.crf-usa.org/brown-v-board-50th-anniversary/race-and-voting.html http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/15th-amendment-adopted [|www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=40] http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment = = =//**AMENDMENT 15**//= =__**CURRENT EVENT:**__ //Brian Kim-Koutsis//= 1) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/11/how-black-voters-could-determine-the-2016-election/ 2) http://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/trump-and-the-black-vote/

__Article 2:__ "Trump and the Black Vote"

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Donald Trump does not have good voting percentages among the black community. He also does not have the correct voting and job percentages that he claims to be correct about the Black population. Trump has made several false claims about the Black population. One of the first things is that he stated, African-American youth is 58% unemployed which is completely incorrect. That number is more than twice of actual unemployed young African Americans. He was making invalid statements showing that things he says are not always true. He also claimed that he had a larger majority of African-American votes than he actually had. These were all recent quotes from 2016 of Donald Trump. He lies about many things and makes bogus quotes about his presidency.

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Donald Trump does not know what he is talking about when he makes these comments about African-Americans. He states that he has a higher percentage of votes of the African-American voters than he actually does. In order for Trump to win the presidential election, he has to win a larger percentage of these votes. He should also watch out about the facts he says to prove that he cares about their vote. African-American vote is very important today, and always will be. It is important because if you don't have a large majority of the African-American votes then it will be much harder for you to win the election. If Hillary wins over the African-American vote, Trump will have a much harder time at winning the presidency. This is why the African-American vote is still important and relevant to today's polling.

__Article 1:__ "How black voters could determine the 2016 election"

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For a very long time, the democratic nominee has gotten the black majority of the vote. This has happened over any republican nominee since all the way back to 1972. The democratic nominee has not received 80% or less of the black vote, for almost the last 45 years. In fact, there have been more democratic presidents in the last 45 years than republican presidents. Obama's nomination brought out more black voters and he got about 95% of the black vote. Therefore, because more people came out to vote for Obama, this will result in Hillary getting a larger percentage of the black vote, because of Obama. The black vote could overall decide who is the next president of the United States. Whether the black population votes in favor of Clinton or Trump, it will majorly effect the presidential race.

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The black majority population will definitely effect the outcome of the election. Whatever candidate the black population chooses to vote for, they will have a much easier time winning the election. This is why the black vote is still significant. It can change the way the presidential election is run. The candidate that has the majority of the black vote has the upper hand on the election. The black vote can decide if Trump wins the election or loses it. The black vote can decide if Clinton will win the election or loses it too. This is why the black vote is still important and effective in today's society.

__**CURRENT EVENT: Jason Amato**__ Article 1: [] Article 2: []

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This article is about Hillary Clinton being the most popular candidate among black American voters. Hillary Clinton is not only the most popular among black Americans in the Democratic run, but also the Republican run. She has about 68 percent net favorability rating among black Americans. People say that being popular among black Americans is the key to winning the 2016 Presidential Election. Bernie Sanders is the only other candidate that is kind of close to Hillary Clinton’s percent net favorability rating among black Americans. He has about 23 percent. No Republican is even above 0 percent right now. The only Republican candidate that was above 0 percent for net favorability rating among black Americans was Ben Carson. He had a low score of 4 percent, but that is much higher than Trump’s -48 percent.

__** Paragraph 2: **__ The 15th amendment is still very important to our American voting system today. Without the 15th amendment, there would only be 1 group of people voting in our country, white people. The 15th amendment allowed black/African Americans to vote for the candidate they want. This article shows this because it shows a lot of black American opinions. It shows how more black people want to have a democratic president rather than a Republican president. Our country supports equality so black American’s being able to vote is a huge deal. The 15th amendment was written around the Civil War and still lasted until today. Without the votes of black American’s, it would be much harder to be elected for president. This is because there would be a lot less people voting and there would be less people for the candidate to get 270 votes.

**Article 2:** __ //**The Washington Post: A Poll Shows That Donald Trump is Doing Well With the Black Voters. About That...**// __ __** Paragraph 1: **__ This article is about how black/African Americans don’t support Trump as much as they support other candidates. According to the Washington Post and other graphs, black/African Americans support Democrats rather than Republicans. According to the American Mirror, Trump has a 25 percent popularity amongst black/African Americans. This seems like a very low number for popularity, but it is a higher percent than one of the Democratic candidates. This candidate is Bernie Sanders. He has an even lower popularity percent than Donald Trump. He has a 2 percent of popularity among black/African Americans, which is really. Hillary Clinton has the greatest percent of popularity among black/African Americans. She has a 24 percent of popularity amongst black/African Americans. This shows that black/ African Americans prefer a Democratic president

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This article shows that the 15th amendment is still relevant today. This is because it shows that black/African Americans are allowed to vote and put their opinions into the election. This would not be happening if the Civil War hadn’t happened. The 15th amendment was signed after the Civil War and allowed black/African Americans to vote in the election. The fact that the 15th amendment has lasted until this year shows that we care for black people. America supports equality so letting black/African Americans vote in the election is a very big deal. Also without all the black/African American votes, all of the candidates would be less popular by a lot. This is because there would be a chunk of votes removed because black/African Americans are a large group of people.