Reconstruction Amendments

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United States constitutional law concept amendment to the United States Constitution group of constitutional 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.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	0
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	0
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	0
Civil War Amendments	2

Statements (49)

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	Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ surface form: Civil War Amendments
appliesTo	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans formerly enslaved people in the United States ⓘ
consistsOf	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	American abolitionist movement ⓘ surface form: Abolitionist movement Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
legalStatus	part of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Reconstruction Amendments self-linksurface differs ⓘ Reconstruction Amendments self-linksurface differs ⓘ Reconstruction Amendments self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 era ⓘ surface form: Reconstruction
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Reconstruction Amendments → alsoKnownAs → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil War Amendments

Fourteenth Amendment → belongsTo → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ

subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Equal Protection Clause → draftedAsPartOf → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ

Enforcement Clause → historicalContext → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ

United States constitutional history → includesTopic → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil War Amendments

Reconstruction Amendments → partOf → Reconstruction Amendments self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Reconstruction Amendments → partOf → Reconstruction Amendments self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Reconstruction Amendments → partOf → Reconstruction Amendments self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Dred Scott v. Sandford → relatedTo → Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ