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The Civil War and the following period of Reconstruction resulted in change but left many serious problems unsolved. The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern part of the United States and the Southern part of the United States over several issues. Reconstruction was the period of U.S. history from 1865 through 1877, during which the states that had seceded during the Civil War were reorganized under federal control and later restored to the Union. During and After Reconstruction, there were many arguments over the civil rights of African Americans. Disputes over the status of African Americans led to a famous trial, Plessy vs. Ferguson, whose ruling had an influence on African American life for a long time. After the Civil War, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were added to the Constitution. The thirteenth amendment freed Africans from slavery. The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments in