The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution were enacted during the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War. The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., while the Fifteenth Amendment, ratified in 1870, aimed to protect the voting rights of African American men. Together, these amendments sought to establish civil rights and promote equality for formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants.
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