Episode Thirty-Five: The Civil War and the Constitution, Part V, the Fifteenth Amendment and the end of Reconstruction

In this concluding episode on the Civil War and the Constitution we will dicuss the 15th Amendment and the end of Reconstruction. We will examine the many factors that made the crafting of the 15th so difficult, the ratification process, and the efforts to undermine its effectivneess. We will also look at the reasons and circumstances that led to the end of Reconstrution in 1877, and how it has been interpreted by American historians since the end of the Civil War.