after the civil war The 13th(abolished slavery), 14th( all former slaves are granted citizenship), and 15th(That any citizen, no matter what race, could vote) amendments were added to the...
The Supreme Court had declared slavery to be legal in every state of the Union, based on their interpretation of the Constitution - that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their...
Allowed Kansas to become a slave state. Buchanan attempted to push the constitution through the U.S Congress for acceptance. Kansas rejected the Constitution and became a free state.