RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Towns, factories, and farms that were destroyed during the Civil War were rebuilt
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The federal government helped South Carolina to become economically independent
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Social and political policies were created to protect African Americans
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The federal government denied African Americans social and political rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -Serving an expanded citizenry, Reconstruction governments established the South’s first state-funded public school systems, sought to strengthen the bargaining power of plantation labourers, made taxation more equitable, and outlawed racial discrimination in public transportation and accommodations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Innovative legislation was not forthcoming to help ease the discrimination that many newly freed slaves felt in the South. 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: -Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
Detailed explanation-4: -Traditionally, citizens’ rights had been delineated and protected by the states. Now, Congress provided that the federal government guarantee all Americans’ equality before the law, regardless of race, against state violation.