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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the 13th amendment guarantee? | It guaranteed that slavery was illegal in the United States. |
| Why was the 13th amendment necessary? | It was necessary because the Emancipation Proclamation banned slavery in the rebel South but not in the Northern states. |
| What did the 14th amendment guarantee? | It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and guaranteed due process and equal protection under the law. |
| Why was the 14th amendment necessary? | It was needed to make sure Southern states treated formerly enslaved people as citizens with equal rights. |
| What did the 15th amendment guarantee? | It guaranteed all men, including African American men, the right to vote. |
| Why was the 15th amendment necessary? | It was necessary because many states had given African American people citizenship but not the right to vote. |
| What groups of people did these amendments not benefit? | Women and American Indian people |