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The Fifteenth Amendment ActivityThe Fifteenth Amendment Activity
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Digital Public Library of America
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9th - 12th
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The Fifteenth Amendment

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This The Fifteenth Amendment activity also includes:
  • Joint resolution of the US Congress proposing the Fifteenth Amendment, December 7, 1868
  • Resolution by the Georgia state legislature to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, February 2, 1870
  • Print depicting the celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment, 1870
  • Print depicting the celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment, 1870
  • Lyrics for “The Fifteenth Amendment” by Joshua McCarter Simpson
  • Excerpt from a speech by Henry McNeal Turner in Macon, Georgia on April 19, 1870
  • Portrait of Henry McNeal Turner, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880s.
  • Letter written by Samuel May to Richard Davis Webb, April 1870
  • Portrait of Octavius Catto, 1871
  • Excerpt from a pamphlet called The Trial of Frank Kelly For The Assassination and Murder of Octavius V. Catto, October 10, 1871.
  • Broadside in response to the proposed Fifteenth Amendment, 1869
  • Print depicting the first African American senator and representatives, 1872
  • Excerpt from an essay by A. H. Grimké, 1905
  • Robert S. Anderson’s poll tax receipt, Memphis, Tennessee, April 25, 1940
  • Article titled “Free the Ballot,” from Memphis World newspaper, February 13, 1960
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Fifteen primary sources provide a context for a study of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The packet captures the excitement for the changes promised by the amendment as well as the backlash against it.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the fifteenth amendment, the united states constitution, the fourteenth amendment, racism, the thirteenth amendment, civil war, the united states civil war, reconstruction, the reconstruction era, african american history, suffrage, voting rights, african americans, the voting rights act, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, congress, the united states congress, close reading, imagery, compare and contrast

Instructional Ideas

  • Post the collages about the classroom and have groups explain how their research inspired their creation
  • Incorporate the primary source set in a study of the Fifteenth Amendment, the Reconstruction Era, and/or during February's Black History Month

Classroom Considerations

  • If applicable, save the primary source set onto classroom computers

Pros

  • In addition to the primary sources, the packet includes a teaching guide with discussion questions and activities

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.6 RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.6 RI.11-12.8

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