A discussion of the 14th Amendment. [6:16]

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Discusses how federal troops tried to ensure that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were abided by in the South. [4:01]

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American Government is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective features and a Get Connected Module that shows students how they can get engaged in the political process. The book provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of American government and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. American Government includes updated information on the 2016 presidential election.Senior Contributing AuthorsGlen Krutz (Content Lead), University of OklahomaSylvie Waskiewicz, PhD (Lead Editor)

This resource provides information about Reconstruction, the United States Government, slavery, and civil rights.

The background essay provided in this lesson plan on the later ramifications of the 14th Amendment explains the Congressional legislation of all types during Reconstruction. Click on the 'View' button to read the Amendment.

Students watch two video segments about the Fourteenth Amendment and then write an essay addressing where the amendment is explicit or implicit in meaning.

This article uses specific court cases to show how the right to counsel at trial was developed into the present day standard.

This resource gives the text of the 14th Amendment and includes annotations, which are helpful to understand interpretations and uses of the amendment.

Full opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the Cox v. New Hampshire case (1941).

This provides the full text of the oral argument and also links to cases citing the Gideon case in the Supreme Court and Circuit court levels.

This resource provides information about the Joseph Burstyn v. Wilson Supreme Court case.

This site details the controversial issues regarding slavery and the effects they had on the Civil War amendments as well as on the fifth amendment. The site discusses events such as the Dred Scott case, the addition of the Civil War amendments, Ex Parte Virginia, and the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Links to further information on these events are provided throughout the text.

This is the Supreme Court case that found the literacy test unconstitutional in 1959.

Full court transcript of 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case involving a juvenile, Gerald Gault.

This video segment from The Supreme Court introduces viewers to the 14th amendment.

This resource presents a detailed description of the legal term "due process" with court cases cited.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Larry Kramer, Stanford Law School, offers thorough insight into the advancement of Civil Rights. The pursuit of racial equality surfaces during the Civil War and builds through the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. [46:42]