RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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13th Amendment
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Thirteenth Amendment (1865) ended slavery, and slavery’s end meant newfound freedom for African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Detailed explanation-3: -Enslaved Africans left their cultural stamp on other aspects of American culture. Southern American speech patterns, for instance, are heavily influenced by the language patterns invented by enslaved Africans. Southern cuisine and “soul food” are nearly synonymous.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is recognized by many as the formal abolition of slavery in the United States. However, it only ended chattel slavery – slavery in which an individual is considered the personal property of another.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the aftermath of the Civil War, this amendment banned slavery in the United States, ending a barbaric system that had been legal in America for well over a hundred years. Four million people, an entire eighth of the U.S. population, were freed as a result.