RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Civil rights of African Americans were impacted the greatest during Reconstruction by which of the following
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Impeachment of Andrew Jackson
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Sherman’s march to the sea
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Ratification of the 13th Amendment
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Meanwhile, the Reconstruction acts gave former male slaves the right to vote and hold public office. Congress also passed two amendments to the Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment made African-Americans citizens and protected citizens from discriminatory state laws.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the aftermath of the Civil War, this amendment banned slavery in the United States, ending a barbaric system that had been legal in America for well over a hundred years. Four million people, an entire eighth of the U.S. population, were freed as a result.
Detailed explanation-3: -Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
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