Question

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment are similar in the context of ______________.

• A. extended voting to different groups in the United States
• B. were ratified during the Civil War
• C. expanded the rights of African Americans
• D. were ratified despite oppositions from the Republican Party
• E. protected the rights of property holders

Answer 1

The correct option is C expanded the rights of African Americans

The three amendments are collectively knows as civil war amendments. These were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves. These three amendments prohibited slavery, granted citizenship rights to all people born or naturalized in the united states regardless of race and also prohibited governments from infringing on voting rights based on race.