The Reconstruction Amendments transformed life for African Americans. However, the amendments had unintended consequences. Drag and drop the effects to the correct amendments

Thirteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment

Options It anger women's rights leaders. It caused many southern governments to pass poll taxes, which meant a person had to pay to vote. Many Southern states passed black codes to keep racial discrimination legal. Its rejection by Johnson and former Confederate states started the period known as Radical Reconstruction.

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Here are the effects matched with the correct Reconstruction Amendments:

Thirteenth Amendment:

  • Many Southern states passed black codes to keep racial discrimination legal.

Fourteenth Amendment:

  • Its rejection by Johnson and former Confederate states started the period known as Radical Reconstruction.

Fifteenth Amendment:

  • It angered women's rights leaders.
  • It caused many southern governments to pass poll taxes, which meant a person had to pay to vote.