Iam giving 40 points to whomever answers this ! identify the reconstruction amendments and explain how they changed the status of african americans in the united states following the civil war.

The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted between 1865 and 1870. They were meant to secure the freedom of former slaves and to prevent discrimination in certain civil rights to former slaves and all citizens of the United States.

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