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How were African Americans given rights after the Civil War?.

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14th and 15th amendments

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During the Radical Reconstruction (1867-77), Congress granted Black American men the status and rights of citizenship, including the right to vote, as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment and 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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