RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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The federal government reviewed the voting process and discovered that the seats were won in corrupt elections.
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African American legislators passed laws that limited voting rights of people who could not read or write.
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Public support for African Americans elected to national office dwindled as their inexperience led to a series of bad decisions.
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After the withdrawal of federal troops, whites returned to using violence and intimidation to keep African Americans from voting.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave the vote to all male citizens regardless of color or previous condition of servitude. African Americans became involved in the political process not only as voters but also as governmental representatives at the local, state and national level.
Detailed explanation-2: -Blacks had gained more rights. The Thirteenth Amendment banned slavery in the country. The Fourteenth Amendment said that blacks in the country were now citizens. Blacks also had gained the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rise of Black Activism During the first two years of Reconstruction, Black people organized Equal Rights Leagues throughout the South and held state and local conventions to protest discriminatory treatment and demand suffrage, as well as equality before the law.