JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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greater Federal supremacy over the states
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the loss of equal rights for minorities
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an expansion of the power of the states to tax interstate businesses
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a narrowing of the role of the Federal Government
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, sometimes known as the Reconstruction Amendments, were critical to providing African Americans with the rights and protections of citizenship. The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reconstruction Amendments: Definition and Overview The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Lincoln promised at Gettysburg that the Civil War would produce a “new birth of freedom.” The Radical Republicans who passed the post-war amendments to the Constitution – the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments – aimed to honor Lincoln’s promise.
Detailed explanation-4: -Set free by the 13th amendment, with citizenship guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, Black males were given the vote by the 15th Amendment.