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What was the result of the Reconstruction Amendments (the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments)?
Slavery was abolished in voting rights were extended to all male citizens
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What is the special name given to the 13th 14th and 15th amendments as a group?
The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments are called the reconstruction amendments
What amendments are known as the reconstruction amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments because they gave citizenship rights and protections to African-Americans and were part of the project of Reconstruction (which was from 1865-1877).
What was one result of the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments?
african americans were guaranteed political rights and equal protection under the law
How did the Republicans in Congress amend the Constitution to further their Reconstruction program?
They passed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to guarantee equality under the law and the right to vote. Both amendments counteracted efforts by the President, the southern states, and the courts to block Congress's Reconstruction program.
When was the fourteenth amendment made?
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the amendments that was enacted after the Civil War as part of the Reconstruction Amendments, along with the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. It was adopted on July 9, 1868.
