why do you think amendments 13 through 15 are sometimes called the civil war amendments?

Answer 1

After the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which barred slavery, and the Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed former slaves citizenship, there were still fears by the Radical Republicans that sympathizers to the Confederate cause would attempt to achieve through suppression of the black vote what they could not obtain by war. No southern state had ever had a black elected official, and most southern states even prohibited the vote to freed slaves and free-born blacks. Blacks were known to be sympathetic to the Republicans thanks to their anti-slavery policies, and the efforts of the Republicans with Reconstruction after the American Civil War.

Answer 2

They are sometimes called as the civil war amendments cause thats when they were passed. All three amendments deal with the slavery issue... that was the cause of the war... As you probably know, Amednment 13 abolishes the slavery in the country.. Amendment 14 protects all the people and cannot take away their rights.. went against the ruling of Dred Scott decision and also against the Black Codes. Lastly Amendment 15 granted voting rights to citizens, regardless of race, color, etc...
All three of them were steps toward helping the freed slaves from the civil war.

Answer 3

My sophomore in high school is answering this one for you :)

The amendments were the result of the end of the civil war - intending to give the national government new powers over the states. The amendments outlawed slavery - followed by defining citizenship as being born on american soil so all of those freed slaves became us citizens - followed providing voting rights regardless of race or having previously been a slave.

Answer 4

They were passed during the Reconstruction period immediately after the Civil War by the Northern states, who shoved down the Southern states' throats.

Answer 5

because they arose from issues or future issues when the civil war was going on.....or shortly there after it was over