RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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opposed Jim Crow laws
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favored a stronger Federal government
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disliked the Republicans’ Reconstruction programs
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tried to encourage civil rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern Democratic party advocated for the expansion of slavery into the territories and strong enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. The party’s platform further affirmed the right of the federal government to protect the rights of slaveholders in the states and territories.
Detailed explanation-2: -The modern Democratic Party emerged in the late 1820s from former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party, which had largely collapsed by 1824. It was built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson of Tennessee.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, Southern states became more reliably Republican in presidential politics, while Northeastern states became more reliably Democratic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Democratic platforms seek to promote social programs, labor unions, consumer protection, workplace safety regulation, equal opportunity, disability rights, racial equity, regulations against environmental pollution, and criminal justice reform.