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RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

LIFE IN THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution ended slavery throughout the United States. But what was next for African Americans? Many freed African Americans knew how to farm, but they had no land or money. They needed housing, clothing, food, and income. How did large numbers of African Americans try to solve this problem?
A
They borrowed money from banks to buy land.
B
They returned to Africa on passenger ships
C
They got jobs operating new machinery on large farms
D
They became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What would happen if African Americans left the South in huge numbers? The white Southerners economy and plantations would collapse.

Detailed explanation-2: -However, the Reconstruction Amendments did their part: they officially ended overt slavery, gave citizenship to newly freed African Americans, and established the right to vote regardless of race.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free."

Detailed explanation-4: -Some emancipated slaves quickly fled from the neighborhood of their owners, while others became wage laborers for former owners. Most importantly, African Americans could make choices for themselves about where they labored and the type of work they performed.

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