Afew days after napoleon and the consuls overthrew the directory, the consuls issued the statement below. people of france: swear with us to be true to the republic one and indivisible, founded on equality, liberty, and the representative system. what were the consuls asking the people of france to do? start a new revolution support a new reign of terror restore the monarchy support the new republic

Support the new republic

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.