Answer with a real answer this is 20% of my grade, you! these amendments were passed after the bill of rights: image that lists the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the constitution and what they protect. thirteenth, protects americans from slavery; fourteenth, laws apply equally, or in the same way, for all citizens, fifteenth, the right of citizens to vote no matter what their race or ethnicity © 2011 flvs what were these amendments meant to do? stop efforts to charge poll taxes create special voting zones protect rights of african-americans punish the south after the civil war