- 13th Amendment forbade slavery and involuntary servitude
- 14th Amendment was the right to be free from discrimination in states, to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law
- 15th Amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of race in determining voter eligibility
- These amendments were intended to restructure the United States from a country that "half slave and half free" to one in which the constitutionally guaranteed "blessings of
liberty" would be extended to the entire populace, including the former slaves and their descendants.
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The case where the Fourth Amendment's protection [The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.] was extended to the states.
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