. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments abolish slavery and give African 0 • American males equal protection under the law and the right to vote. Andrew Johnson outlines a plan for state governments. Congress passes a bill defining all persons born in the United States as equal citizens. • The first state-funded public schools open in the South. All the events listed above occurred during... the reforms movements the early republic period the Civil War the Reconstruction Era