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slavery abolished, rights gainedIf you remember the Dred Scott decisionDred Scott decision and know that Supreme CourtSupreme Court decisions can only be changed by new decisions or by changes to the ConstitutionConstitution, you’ll see the need for the first amendments in more than sixty years. The 13^th abolished slavery; the 14^th overturned the Dred Scott Decision and ensured [46]that almost all those people born or naturalized in the United States had the full rights of citizens. (Native AmericansNative Americans weren’t yet included.) The 15^th Amendment15th Amendment guaranteed that no citizens (meaning no male ones!) of the United States could be denied the right to vote because of “racerace, color, or previous condition of servitude.”