The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were added to the United States Constitution following the Civil War and marked the first time the Constitution had been amended in 60 years. The amendments intended to guarantee freedom to former slaves and to prevent discrimination in civil rights to former slaves and all citizens. Due to their content and being passed within years of each other (1865, 1868, &1870) these amendments are collectively known as:________.

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The Reconstruction Amendments

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The Reconstruction Amendments are the amendments intended to guarantee freedom to former slaves and to prevent discrimination in civil rights to former slaves and all citizens.

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The Reconstruction Amendments

Explanation:

The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the constitution of the United States were collectively called the Reconstruction Amendments. The thirteenth Amendment was done in 1865, the fourteenth in 1868, and the fifteenth in 1870, the subsequent five years that followed the Civil War. Before these amendments were done, the last amendment being the twelfth was done in 1804.