Civil War Amendments (1 Jan 1865 Jahr – 1 Jan 1870 Jahr)

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13th: Slavery abolished.
14th: Natural born peoples are citizens with rights. All residents are counted as whole persons rather than 3/5.
15th: Made voting discrimination based on skin color illegal.

These Amendments were largely ignored until the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s-60s.

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