RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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end slavery
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protect the rights of the newly freed slaves
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decrease the rights of the former slave owners
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decrease the rights of the newly freed slaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -Together, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments.
Detailed explanation-2: -These amendments were intended to guarantee the freedom of the former slaves and grant certain civil rights to them and protect the former slaves and all citizens of the United States from discrimination.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Reconstruction Amendments-also called the Civil War Amendments-are three additions to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery, granted equal rights to formerly enslaved people, and enshrined the right to vote for people of all races.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War. The Thirteenth Amendment (proposed and ratified in 1865) abolished slavery.