13th Amendment to the U.S. ConstitutionThe 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "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." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. Show Library of Congress Web Site | External Web Sites | Selected Bibliography Digital Collections A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
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Why is the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution necessary?Lincoln recognized that the Emancipation Proclamation would have to be followed by a constitutional amendment in order to guarantee the abolishment of slavery. The 13th Amendment was passed at the end of the Civil War before the Southern states had been restored to the Union, and should have easily passed in Congress.
What was the 13th Amendment and why was it important quizlet?The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States and was the first of three Reconstruction Amendments adopted in the five years following the American Civil War.
Why was the 13th Amendment created quizlet?What was the 13th Amendment? The law that banned any form of slavery in any place under the influence of the United States. Why was this important? So that slaves could now be free to get paid jobs and more.
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