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What issue gave rise to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment?

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It was the issue of slavery and Reconstruction that gave rise to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment, since their goal was to help integrate the newly-freed slaves and other African Americans into the fabric on free American life. 
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