RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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additional rights for southern segregationists
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increased individual rights for African Americans
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equal rights for women in the United States
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expanded rights for Native Americans on reservations
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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 Fourteenth Amendment, adopted in 1868, defines all people born in the United States as citizens, requires due process of law, and requires equal protection to all people. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, prevents the denial of a citizen’s vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.