what were the goals of the three reconstruction amendments to the us constitution - .
The 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866. Of the three Reconstruction amendments, the 14th is the most complicated and the one that has had the more unforeseen effects. Its broad goal was to reinforce the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which ensured that all persons born in the United States were citizens and were to be given full and equal benefit of all laws.