Reconstruction Amendments

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The Reconstruction Amendments are a group of post–Civil War U.S. constitutional amendments that abolished slavery, defined citizenship and equal protection, and expanded civil and voting rights, particularly for formerly enslaved people.

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Generate an image of the Reconstruction Amendments (The Reconstruction Amendments are a group of post–Civil War U.S. constitutional amendments that abolished slavery, defined citizenship and equal protection, and expanded civil and voting rights, particularly for formerly enslaved people.)

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Reconstruction Amendments canonical 9
Civil War Amendments 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States constitutional law concept ⓘ
amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
group of constitutional amendments ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Civil War Amendments ⓘ
appliesTo African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

formerly enslaved people in the United States ⓘ
consistsOf Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateRatified 1865-12-06 ⓘ
1868-07-09 ⓘ
1870-02-03 ⓘ
defines birthright citizenship ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
field constitutional law ⓘ
guarantees due process of law against state action ⓘ
equal protection of the laws ⓘ
hasEffect expansion of federal power to protect individual rights ⓘ
foundation for later civil rights legislation ⓘ
limitation of state powers over civil rights ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era ⓘ
influencedBy Abolitionist movement ⓘ
Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
legalStatus part of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
prohibits denial of the right to vote on account of color ⓘ
denial of the right to vote on account of previous condition of servitude ⓘ
denial of the right to vote on account of race ⓘ
involuntary servitude except as punishment for crime ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
purpose abolition of slavery ⓘ
definition of United States citizenship ⓘ
guarantee of equal protection of the laws ⓘ
protection of civil rights ⓘ
protection of voting rights ⓘ
relatedToEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Reconstruction ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era
startTime 1865 ⓘ
subject abolition of slavery and involuntary servitude ⓘ
citizenship and equal protection ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
usedAsLegalBasisFor Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → belongsTo → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
subject linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
United States constitutional history → includesTopic → Civil War Amendments ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction Amendments
Enforcement Clause → historicalContext → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause → draftedAsPartOf → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
Reconstruction Amendments → alsoKnownAs → Civil War Amendments ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction Amendments
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → partOf → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
subject linked to: Reconstruction Amendments
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → partOf → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
subject linked to: Reconstruction Amendments
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → partOf → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
subject linked to: Reconstruction Amendments
Dred Scott v. Sandford → relatedTo → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
American democracy → developedThrough → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
Naturalization Act of 1870 → relatedTo → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
United States federal system → modifiedBy → Civil War Amendments ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction Amendments