Question

Which of the following describes how the three Reconstruction Amendments extended and limited civil rights to Black Americans?(1 point) Responses The Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, defined citizenship, extended voting rights for all citizens, and defined equal protections and due process, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the separate but equal doctrine. The Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, defined citizenship, extended voting rights for all citizens, and defined equal protections and due process, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the separate but equal doctrine. The Reconstruction Amendments freed Black Americans, defined citizenship, extended voting rights for Black American men, and established Jim Crow laws, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the separate but equal doctrine. The Reconstruction Amendments freed Black Americans, defined citizenship, extended voting rights for Black American men, and established Jim Crow laws, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the separate but equal doctrine. The Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, defined citizenship, and protected Black Americans’ civil rights under the separate but equal clause, but put restrictions on voting rights and land ownership. The Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, defined citizenship, and protected Black Americans’ civil rights under the separate but equal clause, but put restrictions on voting rights and land ownership. The Reconstruction Amendments freed Black Americans, defined citizenship, reversed the Three-Fifths Compromise, and extended voting rights to Black American men, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the separate but equal doctrine.

Answer 1

The best response that accurately describes how the three Reconstruction Amendments extended and limited civil rights to Black Americans is:

"The Reconstruction Amendments abolished slavery, defined citizenship, extended voting rights for all citizens, and defined equal protections and due process, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the separate but equal doctrine."

This response acknowledges the positive changes brought by the amendments while also highlighting the limitations and obstacles that remained in terms of voting rights and the persistence of segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, which was later upheld in the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson.