US in the present of the 13th-15th amendment

Analyze the history, impact on the US in the past, and impact on the US in the present, of the 13th to 15th amendments. Support your key points with research from at least 5 academic sources. A bibliography must be included and does not count towards the 8 pages. Research Paper and Presentation Research and write about a topic that falls within the boundaries of this course. Choose a research topic of interest to you and within one of the topics below. Your topic should allow you to investigate a particular issue in detail and then to provide your own analysis within a broader historical framework. Your research paper must include:  8-10 pages  Chicago Manual of Style (Title page, page numbers, footnotes, Times New Roman, size 12)  Bibliography  5 Academic Sources Your final presentation will be a group presentation. Your groups will be created from the topics below. Your part of the presentation will be to present your individual research topic and explain how it fits in with the broader topic. Your research paper must be done individually. However, you may work as a group to locate and discuss the research. You will receive individual paper and presentation grades. The paper is worth 30% of your grade, the presentation is worth 20% of grade. If you do not turn in a research paper you will not be able to do the presentation. You must be in attendance for all presentations to receive a grade. Topics  Political Ideology (Enlightenment, Federalists, Jeffersonian Democracy, Jacksonian Democracy)  Age of Reform (Second Great Awakening, Transcendentalism)  Domestic Policies (Economics/taxes, Manifest Destiny, Louisiana Purchase)  Foreign Policies (Early National Era, Presidential Powers, War 1812, Monroe Doctrine)  Inventions (Technology, Science, Medicine, Darwinism)  Civil War Era (Military, Secession, Reconstruction, 13th-15th Amendments)