The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments provide criminal procedure rights. The right against self-incrimination protects against unreasonable search and seizure by the government. The Seventh Amendment protects the right to trial by jury in civil cases in federal courts. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were added to the Constitution as a result of the Civil War. These amendments are another important source of civil rights.
Equal protection prohibits various kinds of discrimination.
The Fifteenth Amendment provides that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race. The Nineteenth Amendment prohibits the denial of the right to vote because of sex. The Twenty-Sixth Amendment provides that people who are at least 18 years of age cannot be denied the right to vote because of age. Statutes Federal civil rights laws provide the means for people to protect their rights by allowing them to bring lawsuits to remedy the violation of those rights. A number of these statutes were passed following the Civil War to protect former slaves.