Question

After the Civil War, three amendments to the Constitution __________ civil rights for African Americans. Immediately following the war, African Americans exercised their rights. After Reconstruction ended, _________ laws severely restricted the rights of African Americans, with _________ states taking the lead in segregating many public facilities.

Answer 1

Answer:  expanded

; Jim Crow laws

;southern

Explanation:

After the Civil War, three amendments to the Constitution __Expanded________ civil rights for African Americans. Immediately following the war, African Americans exercised their rights. After Reconstruction ended, __Jim Crows _______ laws severely restricted the rights of African Americans, with _ Southern________ states taking the lead in segregating many public facilities.

Jim Crow law, were laws that mandated racial segregation in the Southern U.S on local and state levels between the end of Reconstruction  and the beginning of the civil rights movement in late 19th and early 20th centuries.