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How did the reconstructions amendments transform the United States? Do those amendments affect the country today? If so, how? (PLS HELP 10 points FR )

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Successes. Despite these failures, important landmarks in civil rights for black Americans were reached at that time. The “Reconstruction Amendments” passed by Congress between 1865 and 1870 abolished slavery, gave black Americans equal protection under the law, and granted suffrage to black men.

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