The three major amendments that were passed shortly after the Civil War were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, the 14th granted African American citizenship and equal protection before the law, and the 15th Amendment attempted to secure the right to vote for newly freed slaves.
Popular sovereignty requires that<u> "those who make laws do so with the approval of the citizens."</u>
Popular sovereignty was the political principle that the general population who lived in an area ought to decide for themselves the idea of their administration. In U.S. history, it was connected especially to the possibility that pioneers of government regional terrains ought to choose the terms under which they would join the Union, fundamentally connected to the status as free or slave. The principal defender of the idea was Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan, who put the thought forward while contradicting the Wilmot Proviso in 1846.
The main characters are Kara, Felix, Jake, Dougie and Angel the White Dolphin.
