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AThe Thirteenth Amendment
BThe Fourteenth Amendment
CThe Fifteenth Amendment
DThe Twelfth Amendment
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The Thirteenth Amendment
1. In March 1865 Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau to guide the emancipated toward self-support.
2. In December of that year the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery.
3. The Fourteenth defined citizenship and the Fifteenth protected the vote, both later measures.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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