Source 1: Online Webpage http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Fourteenth-Amendment-Ratified-.html, on this day, created July 9th, 2011 6:00 a.m., by findingdulcineastaff
Summary: This is a webpage created by the Findingdulcineastaff that goes over and explains what the 14th Amendment is. It tells you that the 14th Amendment granted equal freedom to all people born in the U.S., even slaves. This obviously means that it abolished slavery. They passed this amendment for reconstruction of the U.S. after the devastation of the civil war. But it did have some downsides. The 14th Amendment did limit the power of state governments. This caused things …show more content…
But sometimes it gets a little confusing and hard to understand. There are also not that many resources to help you, there are only some pictures and links. Overall though, I would recommend this to anyone.
Source 2: Print Source
Reconstruction By: Zak Mettger
Summary: This book is written by Zak Mettger that basically goes over America’s reconstruction after the civil war. It explains the basics about why the 14th Amendment was passed. It also does give many other cool facts that you could find useful. This includes the fact that the congress had to vote for the amendment to be passed. It also does explain how the 14th Amendment did not completely free slaves. When I say this, I mean that in some places, the 14th Amendment was not active. That means that the slaves in that area, were not free.
Evaluation: I did not find the source useful AT ALL. The entire book was just text, no pictures or anything. This made it hard to visualize what was happening in the book. Also, the fact that only a fraction of the book was about the 14th Amendment, did not help on the informational side. I would not recommend this book to someone that is just researching about the 14th Amendment.
Source 3: Online