Question

distinguish the freedoms guaranteed to african americans and other groups with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution

Answer 1

13th: abolished slavery

14th: due process and equal protection under the law.
the term "seprate but equal" came into play since racial segregation did not violate the 14th amendment.

15th: Granted african men to vote (women still couldnt vote at this time).
A new system came into play that involved people having to take literacy test or pay a tax to be able to vote which ended up still not allowing most african american men to vote.

Answer 2

The 14th Amendment

The amendment stipulates the definition and rights of U.S. citizenship. Article 1 states that anyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen of the United States and its state of residence. It also confirms due process, life, freedom and property rights. This overturned a Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) which stated that blacks were not eligible for citizenship. The amendment also established a formula for determining political representation by assigning representatives among the states based on the overall number of all residents

The 15th Amendment

His amendment prohibits governments from depriving American citizens of their voting rights based on race, color, or past slavery. Although the amendment provides legal protections for voting rights based on race, there are other methods that can be used to prevent black referendums from voting. These include poll tax and literacy tests. These methods were used throughout the country to undermine the Civil War Amendment and lay the foundation for Jim Crow's conditions and the civil rights movement.