"(The Civil War) created in this country what had never existed before a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union; it was the rebirth of the Union." (Woodrow Wilson). Wilson is saying that after the war, we, as a whole, realized that slavery was wrong, and the Union had fought for the right cause. The effects of the Civil War drastically changed the lives of all Americans. The establishment of the thirteenth, …showed first 75 words of 906 total…

…showed last 75 words of 906 total…forth equal rights; however, they also brought a lot trouble to Blacks and the rest of the country. Blacks were treated unfairly, unjustly, and inhumane. Many people did not agree with the amendments so they established their own legal ways of discriminating against the Black race. The rise in racial hate groups, and the establishment of the Black Codes in the South were the two changes that resulted from the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments.