USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Fourteenth Amendment had several main impacts on the United States in the time after the end of the Civil War. Out of the of the three ‘Reconstruction Amendments’ the Fourteenth Amendment has likely had the biggest impact on American society.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 15th Amendment guaranteed African-American men the right to vote. Almost immediately after ratification, African Americans began to take part in running for office and voting.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience-the freedom to believe and express different ideas-in a variety of ways.

Detailed explanation-4: -Innovative legislation was not forthcoming to help ease the discrimination that many newly freed slaves felt in the South. However, the Reconstruction Amendments did their part: they officially ended overt slavery, gave citizenship to newly freed African Americans, and established the right to vote regardless of race.