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In order to extend the civil rights of slaves after the Civil War, the United States

banned slavery with the Fourteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Thirteenth Amendment.
banned slavery with the Fifteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Thirteenth Amendment.
banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.
banned slavery with the Fourteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fifteenth Amendment.

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The correct statement is:

**banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.**

The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery throughout the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, provided equal protection under the law and granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves. The Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, aimed to protect the voting rights of African American men.

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