RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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The Union states rejoined the Confederacy and Reconstruction began
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the Union states refused to allow the Confederate states to rejoin
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the Confederate states rejoined the Union and reconstruction began
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the Confederate states refused to rejoin the Union and slavery continued
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Detailed explanation-1: -On this day in 1866, Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the Union. The Volunteer State had also been the last one to withdraw from the Union, after a statewide referendum on June 8, 1861.
Detailed explanation-2: -Reconstruction refers to the period immediately after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when several United States administrations sought to reconstruct society in the former Confederate states in particular by establishing and protecting the legal rights of the newly freed black population.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Led by Jefferson Davis and existing from 1861 to 1865, the Confederacy struggled for legitimacy and was never recognized as a sovereign nation. After suffering a crushing defeat in the Civil War, the Confederate States of America ceased to exist.