15th Amendment

EEC Type of Source

EEC Theme Topic

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93510386/

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Celebrating the 15th Amendment

scollini — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 15:28:02 +0000

Celebrating the 15th Amendment scollini Fri, 10/27/2017 - 11:28

LOC URL

LOC Title

The Fifteenth amendment

LOC Summary

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment.

LOC Contributor Names

Kelly, Thomas, active 1871-1874.,

LOC Created/Published

N.Y. : Published & printed by Thomas Kelly, 17 Barclay St., c1870.

LOC Standardized Date

1870

LOC Subject Headings

Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
Grant, Ulysses S.--(Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885.
Colfax, Schuyler,--1823-1885.
Brown, John,--1800-1859.
African Americans--Civil rights--1870.
Liberty--1870.
African Americans (portrayed), in the U.S. military.
Baltimore, Md.
Brown, John.
Colfax, Schuyler.
Constitutional amendments, fifteenth.
Delany, Martin Robinson.
Douglass, Frederick.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Grant, Ulysses S., presidency.
House of Representatives.
Masons.
Revels, Hiram.
Schools, for African Americans.
Voters and voting.

LOC Notes

A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th 1870" (no. 1870-4), with a key to the picture added in the lower margin.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1870 by Th. Kelly, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1870-5.
Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2013.

EEC Creators

Thomas Kelly

EEC Source Year

1870

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source

Citizenship - Civic Participation

EEC Theme Topic

https://www.loc.gov/item/90715767/

EEC Index Number

Off

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Significant Election Scene

scollini — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:30:51 +0000

Significant Election Scene scollini Tue, 07/18/2017 - 13:30

LOC URL

LOC Title

Significant election scene at Washington, June 3, 1867 / sketched by A.W. M'Callum.

LOC Summary

Black and white men observe while other blacks and whites prepare to place ballots into box.

LOC Created/Published

1867.

LOC Standardized Date

1867

LOC Subject Headings

African Americans--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
- Political elections--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870
- Voting--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870

LOC Notes

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 June 22, p. 397.

EEC Creators

Harpers Weekly

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

June

EEC Source Year

1867

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source

Citizenship - Civic Participation

EEC Theme Topic

https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200002239/

Elections - Voting

EEC Index Number

303

Question

What constitutional amendment is depicted?

Correct Answer

15th Amendment

Incorrect Answer

23rd Amendment

1st Amendment

5th Amendment

13th Amendment

14th Amendment

19th Amendment

16th Amendment

26th Amendment

Question

What freedom is represented?

Correct Answer

Voting

Incorrect Answer

Freedom of the Press

Freedom of Assembly

Due Process

Freedom of Petition

Democracy

Naturalization

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of Speech

Running for Office

Question

What is this source in favor of?

Correct Answer

Voting Rights

Incorrect Answer

Naturalization

19th Amendment

1st Amendment

Democratic Party

Republican Party

Third Party

Civic Duties

Freedom of Speech

Segregation

Slavery

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

"Protect the Freedman"

scollini — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:02:53 +0000

"Protect the Freedman" scollini Mon, 12/05/2016 - 14:02

LOC URL

LOC Title

Protect the freedman

LOC Contributor Names

Webster, J. P. (composer)
Collin, Luke (lyricist)

LOC Created/Published

Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 1866

LOC Standardized Date

1866

LOC Subject Headings

- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music
- Songs with piano
- Choruses (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
- Freedmen -- United States -- Songs and music
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American -- Songs and music
- United States. Congress (39th, 1st session : 1865-1866) -- Songs and music
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Songs and music
- United States -- Race relations -- Songs and music
- Popular Songs of the Day
- Songs and Music
- War and Conflict
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)

LOC Notes

Music associated with the Union side

EEC Creators

J.P. Webster

EEC Source Year

1866

EEC Format

Audio

EEC Type of Source

Music

EEC Theme Topic

Civil Rights - Slavery

Constitution - 13th Amendment

Constitution - 14th Amendment

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98501907/

Constitution - Slavery

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

First African American Legislators

scollini — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:14:37 +0000

First African American Legislators scollini Thu, 10/13/2016 - 12:14

LOC URL

LOC Title

The first colored senator and representatives - in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States

LOC Summary

Group portrait of African American legislators: Robert C. De Large, Jefferson H. Long, H.R. Revels, Benj. S. Turner, Josiah T. Walls, Joseph H. Rainy [i.e., Rainey], and R. Brown Elliot.

LOC Contributor Names

Currier & Ives

LOC Created/Published

New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 1872.

LOC Standardized Date

1872

LOC Subject Headings

Legislators--United States--1860-1880.
African Americans--Political activity--1860-1880

LOC Notes

Title from item.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2132
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 : A Long Struggle for Freedom" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March - January 2016.

EEC Creators

Currier and Ives

EEC Source Year

1872

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - Representative Government

Legislative Branch - Representative Government

Question

What political group is depicted?

Correct Answer

U.S. Congress

Incorrect Answer

President

Jury

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Supreme Court

Judicial Branch

Executive Branch

Prohibition Party

Question

What is the main idea of the source?

Correct Answer

Representative Government

Incorrect Answer

13th Amendment

Voting Rights

Civic Duties

Campaigning

Immigration

Congressional Power

Freedom of Assembly

Interest Groups

Question

What is the time period of this source?

Correct Answer

Reconstruction

Incorrect Answer

Expansion and Reform

Civil War

Great Depression

World War I

World War II

Postwar U.S.

Revolution and New Nation

Early Settlement

EEC Theme

Legislative Branch

Constitution

EEC Topics

Representative Government

15th Amendment

Certified 15th Amendment

scollini — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:17:13 +0000

Certified 15th Amendment scollini Thu, 08/04/2016 - 11:17

LOC URL

https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=016/llsl016.db&recNu…

LOC Title

Secretary of State Hamilton Fish issues a proclamation certifying the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (March 30, 1870)

LOC Contributor Names

Congress

LOC Created/Published

1870

LOC Standardized Date

1870

EEC Creators

41st U.S. Congress

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

March

EEC Source Year

1870

EEC Format

Text

EEC Type of Source

Government document

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - Article V

https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=015/llsl015.db&recNu…

EEC Internal Notes

GK White reviewed 8/4/16

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Proposed 15th Amendment

scollini — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:01:34 +0000

Proposed 15th Amendment scollini Thu, 08/04/2016 - 11:01

LOC URL

LOC Title

A Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (February 27, 1869)

LOC Contributor Names

Congress

LOC Created/Published

1869

LOC Standardized Date

1869

EEC Creators

40th U.S. Congress

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

February

EEC Source Year

1869

EEC Format

Text

EEC Type of Source

Government document

Legislation

EEC Theme Topic

Constitution - Article V

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003690765/

EEC Internal Notes

GK White reviewed 8/4/16

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

Result of the Fifteenth Amendment

scollini — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:44:16 +0000

Result of the Fifteenth Amendment scollini Wed, 07/20/2016 - 12:44

LOC URL

LOC Title

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

LOC Summary

A slightly altered version of another print by the same title also issued by Metcalf and Clark (no. 1870-2), commemorating the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment and its celebration in Baltimore. In the center is a redrawn view of the parade on Monument Street. The vignettes surrounding the central scene are also redrawn and placed in a different arrangement, with the plantation and battle scenes appearing in the lower corners. Around the central group of busts (poorly drawn) of Bond, Brown, and Colfax, above, are various tools and implements, and two urns.

LOC Contributor Names

Metcalf & Clark

LOC Created/Published

[Baltimore] : Published by Metcalf & Clark, 687 W. Baltimore St., c1870.

LOC Standardized Date

1870

LOC Subject Headings

- African Americans (portrayed), in the U.S. military
- Baltimore, Md
- Bond, Hugh Lenox
- Brown, John
- Colfax, Schuyler
- Constitutional amendments, fifteenth
- Davis, Henry Winter
- Delany, Martin Robinson
- Douglass, Frederick
- Grant, Ulysses S., presidency
- Masons
- Plantations and planters
- Revels, Hiram
- Slaves and slavery
- Stevens, Thaddeus
- Sumner, Charles, as champion of equal rights
- Voters and voting

LOC Notes

- Title from item.
- "Entered ... 1870 A.D. by Metcalf & Clark ... Maryland."
- Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1870-3.

EEC Creators

Metcalf and Clark

EEC Source Year

1870

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source

Citizenship - Civic Participation

EEC Theme Topic

https://www.loc.gov/item/2011648984/

EEC Theme

EEC Topics

First Vote

kschrum — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:26:38 +0000

First Vote kschrum Fri, 03/25/2016 - 14:26

LOC URL

LOC Title

"The first vote" / AW ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

LOC Summary

Illustration shows a queue of African American men, the first, dressed as a laborer, casting his vote, the second is dressed as a businessman, the third is wearing a Union army uniform, and the fourth appears to be dressed as a farmer.

LOC Contributor Names

Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist

LOC Created/Published

1867 Novembr 16.

LOC Standardized Date

1867

LOC Subject Headings

- African Americans--Civil rights--1860-1870
- Voting--1860-1870
- Ballot boxes--1860-1870
- Suffrage--1860-1870
- Queues--1860-1870

LOC Notes

- Title from item.
- Illus. from: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), p. 721 (title page).
- Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2012.

EEC Creators

Alfred R. Waud

EEC Source Day

EEC Source Month

November

EEC Source Year

1867

EEC Format

EEC Type of Source