USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the three amendments added to the U.S. Constitution after the conclusion of the Civil War?
A
10th, 11th, 12th
B
13th, 14th, 19th
C
15, 14th, 13th
D
14th, 19th, 21st
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Reconstruction amendments were the set of 3 amendments to the American Constitution introduced during the reconstruction era. They were passed in a span of 5 years, the 13th Amendment in 1865, 14th Amendment in 1868 and the 15th Amendment in 1870.

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) Amendment XIII. 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-4: -The Reconstruction Amendments, or the Civil War Amendments, are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between 1865 and 1870. The amendments were a part of the implementation of the Reconstruction of the American South which occurred after the war.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States.

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