RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LEGACY
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They did not care since they did not live in the South.
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They disagreed with them but did not want to get involved.
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They applauded Southern efforts to control the large populations of freedmen.
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They saw them as an extension of slavery and called for firmer federal legislation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Black codes were established in many states that curtailed the rights of African Americans. Congress responded with the Civil Rights Act of 1866, but that did not prevent states from passing discriminatory legislation. Investigate this complex period of national rebuilding and retrenchment further with these resources.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The South, however, saw Reconstruction as a humiliating, even vengeful imposition and did not welcome it. During the years after the war, black and white teachers from the North and South, missionary organizations, churches and schools worked tirelessly to give the emancipated population the opportunity to learn.