RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Progressive Era Amendments
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Civil War Amendments
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the intent for passing these amendments were not realised until the American Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr, particularly in case of the 15th Amendment. They are also known as The Civil War amendments because these amendments were the result of the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Civil War Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments) | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress.
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: -During Reconstruction, three amendments to the Constitution were made in an effort to establish equality for black Americans. The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865, abolishes slavery or involuntary servitude except in punishment for a crime.