The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments extended civil rights and are frequently referred to as the Civil Rights Amendments.
Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments of the constitution)
No, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. Amendments that address civil rights include the 13th, 14th, and 15th (which deal with the right of African-Americans to vote and be treated equally) and the 19th (which gives women the right to vote).
The 14th amendment.
The Bills of Rights, 1st and 14th Amendments
Civil Rights
Civil and individual rights for people and the protection of the law of the land.
No, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. Amendments that address civil rights include the 13th, 14th, and 15th (which deal with the right of African-Americans to vote and be treated equally) and the 19th (which gives women the right to vote).
The Constitutional basis for your civil rights comes from The Bill of Rights. These are the first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution delineating specific rights that are reserved for U. S. citizens and residents.
The constitution allows for the passage of laws or amendments. The Civil Rights act of 1964 is an example of expanding human rights. So, was the voting rights act in 1965.
Primary sources of civil rights law include the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution (the "Bill of Rights"), as well as a number of important pieces of federal legislation passed in recent decades. Constitutional rights are rights given or reserved to the people by the U.S. Constitution, and in particular, the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments). So, you can see the correlation.
The amendments to the US Constitution directly related to the American Civil war are the 13th, 14, and 15th. They are more appropriately called the Reconstruction amendments.