RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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granting universal manhood suffrage
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upholding rights of free speech and religion
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decreasing the power of the Federal government
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recognizing the basic civil liberties of all races
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments reflected the growing 19th century American trend of. granting universal manhood suffrage. upholding rights of free speech and religion. decreasing the power of the Federal government.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -Amendments 13-15 are called the Reconstruction Amendments both because they were the first enacted right after the Civil War and because all addressed questions related to the legal and political status of the African Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Thirteenth Amendment (1865) abolished slavery, while the Fourteenth Amendment (1868) guaranteed citizenship to African Americans. The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment effectively gave African American men the right to vote. However, women of all colors were still denied the same right.
Detailed explanation-5: -What conclusion can be drawn from the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution? The passage of the amendments was to abolish slavery and establish rights to previous slaves.