RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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How did the period of Reconstruction change the representation of African American men?
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They still did not have elected representatives, but people were more aware of the issue.
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This was a period of strong racism and the Ku Klux Klan where there were no African Americans in state legislature.
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They no longer received seats in the Senate like they did during the Civil War in the time of Lincoln.
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They now participated in local and state legislatures, as well as the federal level of government.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -However, the Reconstruction Amendments did their part: they officially ended overt slavery, gave citizenship to newly freed African Americans, and established the right to vote regardless of race.
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.
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