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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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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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