The Thirteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution affected the lives of millions of African Americans by —

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude and empowered Congress to enforce the prohibition against their existence.

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guaranteeing their permanent freedom from slavery

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The 13 amendment happened right after the civil war, to thank the african americans who fought or lost their lives fighting he guaranteed them their freedom, soon after the 14th and 15th amendments were put into place but were never followed because of the assassination of Lincoln. This started the Jim Crow law's.

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.