What was the primary purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?

Exploring the Civil Rights Amendments

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To establish new states in the Union
To reconstruct the Constitution and ensure civil rights
To reconstruct the economy after the Civil War
To expand the territory of the United States
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
Freedom for any person held as a slave in the rebel states
The end of the Civil War
The beginning of the Reconstruction era
The right to vote for all citizens
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When was the 13th Amendment ratified?
December 1865
July 1868
April 1865
January 1863
4.
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What were the Black Codes?
Laws that allowed blacks to vote
Laws that granted equal rights to blacks
Laws that restricted the rights of blacks
Laws that ended slavery
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What did the 14th Amendment ensure?
The end of the Civil War
Equal protection of the laws for all citizens
The abolition of slavery
The right to vote for all citizens
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Which Supreme Court case ruled that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Baron v. Baltimore
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What did the 15th Amendment guarantee?
Freedom of speech
The right to peaceably assemble
The right to bear arms
The right to vote regardless of race
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