The Reconstruction Amendments consist of three pivotal amendments to the United States Constitution: the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, thereby legally ending the institution of slavery in the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, established citizenship for all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed equal protection under the law and due process rights, aiming to secure civil rights for the newly freed African Americans and to counteract the Black Codes enacted by Southern states. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited the federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude, thereby enfranchising African American men and reinforcing the principle of voting rights as fundamental to democracy. Collectively, these amendments were designed to transform American society by extending civil rights and protections to previously marginalized groups, particularly in the post-Civil War context.
The Reconstruction Amendments, or the Civil War Amendments, are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between 1865 and 1870. The amendments were a part of the implementation of the Reconstruction of the American South which occurred after the Civil War.
Explain in detail what each of the Reconstruction Amendments said and established in one paragraph
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