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This was important because Abraham Lincoln was bound to stop slavery.
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The 13th Amendment is so important because it ended slavery which made it illegal to hold or own slaves.
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The 14th admenment's importance to modern constitutional law. It states that all citizens have the right to due process of law. It gives blacks, whites, men, women etc rights as freed slaves
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The 15th amendment was important because it gave African Americans the right to vote.
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The Jim Crow laws were important because it prevented African Americans to vote, or participate in society.
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The civil rights cases of 1883 were important because