RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Several states reintroduced the slave trade
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Several states passed laws to limit the opportunities of African Americans
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Several states recalled national legislators and proposed secession
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Several states introduced constitutional amendments to expand citizenship and voting rights for former slaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -The South, however, saw Reconstruction as a humiliating, even vengeful imposition and did not welcome it. During the years after the war, black and white teachers from the North and South, missionary organizations, churches and schools worked tirelessly to give the emancipated population the opportunity to learn.
Detailed explanation-2: -Presidential Reconstruction Johnson offered a pardon to all Southern whites except Confederate leaders and wealthy planters (although most of these subsequently received individual pardons), restoring their political rights and all property except slaves. He also outlined how new state governments would be created.
Detailed explanation-3: -The South was angry with how its people were treated after the war. The way they were treated meant they did not trust many people who were in politics. Many people today believe that Reconstruction was a total failure.
Detailed explanation-4: -A number of activists redefined how blacks participated in American politics, society, and culture, especially in the South. Men like Hiram Revels, Robert Elliot, and Joseph Rainey were part of the vanguard of black political leadership in this period.