Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...

They're only half emancipated after the Civil War. Final emancipation ... and of course the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, remain in the Constitution. They're "sleeping giants," somebody ...

The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868. That places it at an important historical crossroads, when ...

although Lincoln did not live to see the ratification of the amendment in December 1865. Our collections provide many perspectives on the Civil War and give a fuller understanding of this epic event.

And yes, “It was the Republican Party that fought and won the Civil War.” And definitely yes, “it was the Republican party that drafted and ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ...

The answer, unfortunately, is “yes” — under the current understanding of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution enacted after the Civil War. As everyone knows from the history of that era ...