RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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They were all supposed to solve the problems created by Reconstruction.
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They all limited the power of the state governments.
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They all granted more political rights to former slaves.
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They were intended to correct the injustices created by slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -These amendments were aimed to ensure equality in social and political sphere for Africans-Americans, by abolishing slavery, providing African-Americans with citizenship as well as equal protection of the law and by giving them voting rights.
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: -3.4 Civil War Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments)
Detailed explanation-4: -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. Passed by Congress January 31, 1865.