Question

How did the Union’s policies toward slavery and African Americans change during the Civil War? How did the Confederacy’s policies on this subject change? Cite 2 examples!

Answer 1

As a result of the Union victory in the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1865), nearly four million slaves were freed. The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) granted African Americans citizenship, and the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) guaranteed their right to vote.