Question

Fill in the blanks from the passage below to explain the effects, and limitations, of the Reconstruction Amendments.

The Reconstruction Amendments ...with the 13th Amendment, defined citizenship in the 14th Amendment, reversed the ..., ​​​​​and extended ...to Black American men in the...​​​​​​​, but put restrictions on voting rights and did not prevent the...
fil in the blank: 15th amendment, there-fifths compromise, freed black Americans, voting rights, separate but equal doctrine

Answer 1

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The Reconstruction Amendments began with the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery and freed black Americans. The 14th Amendment then defined citizenship, ensuring that black Americans were recognized as citizens with equal protection under the law. These amendments reversed the three-fifths compromise, which counted enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for determining representation in Congress. The 15th Amendment granted voting rights to black American men in order to protect their political participation. However, although the Reconstruction Amendments aimed to secure equal rights for black Americans, they did not prevent the implementation of discriminatory policies, such as the separate but equal doctrine, which allowed for segregation and denied full equality to black Americans.