The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. They were adopted by the Constitution between 1865 and 1870; the years immediately after the Civil War. These amendments were put in place to help restore the American South.
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Thirteenth Amendment: Abolished slavery
Fourteenth Amendment: Made slaves citizens and forbade states from denying civil rights Fifteenth Amendment: Prohibited states from denying a person the right to vote on account of race |
"The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality"
Amendments that gave Civil Rights
"Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope." -Robert F. Kennedy |
Slavery
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Civil War"The War Between the States"
Facts
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Bill of Rights
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Amendments 11-27
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