Question
• The Thirteenth Amendment
• The Fourteenth Amendment
• The Fifteenth Amendment
The three items listed above are called the Reconstruction Amendments. What was the main purpose of these three amendments?
A.
to free and grant basic rights to slaves
B.
to rebuild cities that the war had destroyed
C.
to admit three more states into the Union
D.
to punish the southern states for seceding
Answers
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The main purpose of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, known as the Reconstruction Amendments, was:
A. to free and grant basic rights to slaves
- The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law, and the Fifteenth Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
A. to free and grant basic rights to slaves
- The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law, and the Fifteenth Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.