The 13th Amendment - states “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within
the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. The 13th amendment
was ratified in December, 1865.
President Johnson’s plan was to call for a higher loyalty oath, congress
disagreed and passed harder laws for the southern states.
The 14th Amendment - Makes native-born blacks citizens and grantees all citizens "equal protection of the laws." Threatens to reduce representatives of a state that denies suffrage to any of its male inhabitants.
The Civil Rights Act - Affirms the rights of blacks to enjoy "full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens" and effectively requires the end of legal discrimination in state laws.
The Reconstruction Acts - (military reconstruction acts) Impose military rule in the South, establish rules for readmission of ex-Confederate states to the Union, and require those states to guarantee the vote to black men.
Hope this helps! History is one of my favorite subjects and I had a huge project on this not to long ago.
