Fifteenth Amendment - Constituting America

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1868, Ulysses S. Grant Defeats Horatio Seymour: Reconstruction And The Constitution

6. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 90 in 90 2016, Forrest Nabors 6. Presidential Elections and Their Constitutional Impact, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, 1868 Ulysses S. Grant Defeats Horatio Seymour Reconstruction And The Constitution, Civil War, Forrest Nabors

Guest Essayist: Professor Forrest Nabors

Fearless and firm under fire, unflaggingly modest despite reverent acclaim, and always practical – these outstanding qualities of Ulysses S. Grant are acknowledged, whether begrudgingly or enthusiastically, by the many critics of his presidency as well as by his defenders. Grant was quintessentially American, and yet as a leader he proved that his particular mixture of quintessentially American qualities represented the best of us, which might explain why his soldiers trusted him, the northern people adored him and the southern people respected him.

April 12, 2016/3 Comments/by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie

Civil War Amendments

6. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 90 in 90 2016, James Legee 6. Presidential Elections and Their Constitutional Impact, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, Civil War, Civil War Amendments, James Legee

Guest Essayist: James Legee

For nearly the first century of her existence, America had left a promise unfulfilled to both the souls that resided within her borders, as well as humanity at large. That promise, largely taken for granted today, cost the blood of nearly five thousand in the American Revolution and hundreds of thousands in the Civil War, is the revolutionary idea expressed in the Declaration of Independence that every person is born equal. The Civil War and Reconstruction fundamentally altered the Union, and most certainly for the better. The Civil War Amendments, the 13^th, 14^th, and 15^th, sought to fulfill the promise of equality for those enslaved.

April 11, 2016/4 Comments/by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie