RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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They passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to Congress.
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They passed laws that protected African American rights and elected new officials.
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They used state militaries to protect white citizens through martial law.
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They seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did South Carolina and many other southern states respond to the passage of Reconstruction policies? They passed Black Codes and elected former Confederates to Congress. In what way did the sharecropping system that developed during Reconstruction resemble slavery?
Detailed explanation-2: -After 1867, an increasing number of southern whites turned to violence in response to the revolutionary changes of Radical Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations targeted local Republican leaders, white and Black, and other African Americans who challenged white authority.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Compromise of 1876 effectively ended the Reconstruction era. Southern Democrats’ promises to protect the civil and political rights of Black people were not kept, and the end of federal interference in southern affairs led to widespread disenfranchisement of Black voters.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reconstruction in the state of South Carolina was unique compared to other southern states due to heavy political involvement of both] and newly freed African American slaves. Land ownership was seen as an important aspect of freedom for African-Americans in South Carolina.