USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Following Reconstruction, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the South limited the effectiveness of
A
Black Codes
B
tenant farming and sharecropping
C
the 14th and 15th amendments
D
the Freedmen’s Bureau
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Reconstruction Amendments: Definition and Overview The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -Civil War Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments) | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress. Browse Explanations.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment established African Americans as equal citizens of the United States. This amendment overturned the 1857 Dred Scott v.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some southern states began actively passing laws that restricted the rights of former slaves after the Civil War, and Congress responded with the 14th Amendment, designed to place limits on states’ power as well as protect civil rights.

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