RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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limit the number of terms of the president
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correct problems with the electoral college system
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end property and religious qualifications for voting
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provide legal and political rights for African Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Together, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments.
Detailed explanation-4: -These three constitutional amendments abolished slavery and guaranteed equal protection of the laws and the right to vote. Passed by Congress January 31, 1865.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.