RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Why are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments?
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These amendments were aimed at fixing a broken, post-Civil War nation.
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These amendments were created before the Civil War but were not ratified by the states until after the war was over.
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These amendments were used to further segregate slaves from the white population.
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These amendments were created after the Revolutionary War in order to unify a once fractured nation.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, sometimes known as the Reconstruction Amendments, were critical to providing African Americans with the rights and protections of citizenship.
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.
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