Question

After the civil war, which amendments to the u.s. constitution offered african americans the most hope for achieving full citizenship rights?
a. the twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second amendments
b. the fifth, sixth, and seventh amendments
c. the first, second, and third amendments
d. the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments

Answer 1

D. the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendment. The fourteenth amendment, in particular, laid the groundwork for civil rights and liberties. It gave citizenship and equal protection rights to African American who were formerly slaves. They eventually went on to gain the right to vote after the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's.