SLAVERY OF ANY KIND IS OFFICIALLY ABOLISHED AND ILLEGAL

THIS AMENDMENT WAS ADDED TO MAKE EVERYONE FREE AND HAVE RIGHTS

THIS WAS ADDED EVERYONE WAS FREE AND NOBODY COULD BE A SLAVE

ANY PERSON BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THR US IS A LEGAL CITIZEN

BEFORE THIS AMENDMENT AFRICANAMERICANS WERE NOT LEGAL CITIZENS

THIS AFFECTS THE US TODAY BY ALLOWING ANYBODY BORN HERE TO BE A CITIZEN

ANY PERSON REGARDLESS OF RACE OR HERITAGE MAY VOTE

BEFORE THIS AMENDMENT, PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T WHITE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE

THIS AFFECTS THE US NOW BY ALLOWING ANYONE TO VOTE