USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

[SOURCES]
Abolishes Slavery

(A) ** 13th Amendment

(B) 14th Amendment

(C) 15th Amendment

(D) 16th Amendment

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides 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."

Concept note-2: -The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is recognized by many as the formal abolition of slavery in the United States. However, it only ended chattel slavery – slavery in which an individual is considered the personal property of another.

Concept note-3: -decided that Naga Hills-Tuensang Area (Nagaland), which is at present. a Part ‘B’ tribal area within the State of Assam, will be formed into. a separate State in the Union of India. 2.

Concept note-4: -On April 8, 1864, the Senate took the first crucial step toward the constitutional abolition of slavery. Before a packed gallery, a strong coalition of 30 Republicans, four border-state Democrats, and four Union Democrats joined forces to pass the amendment 38 to 6.