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Directions: Write a 5 paragraph essay answering the prompt:

Answer 1

The civil war Amendment also known as the Reconstruction Amendments are the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of the united states constitution.  

The Radical Reconstruction took place between 1865-1877.

These were amendments that took place due to the civil right acts that restricted the blacks freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and a host of others.

The Amendments

• The amendment covered civil and legal construction on former enslaved people.

• It abolished slavery within the united states or any place subject to their jurisdiction. It was passed by the U.S. Senate on April 8, 1864.
• The amendment authorized the government to punish states that abridged citizens’ right to vote.

• It prohibited states from disenfranchising voters on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870.

• The amendments extended new constitutional protections to African Americans.

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