RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Women took on more nontraditional roles to provide for their families.
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Women were granted the right to vote in their husbands’ places.
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Women were given the same legal rights held by men.
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Women were encouraged to start businesses to help the economy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thousands of women in the North and South joined volunteer brigades and signed up to work as nurses. It was the first time in American history that women played a significant role in a war effort. By the end of the war, these experiences had expanded many Americans’ definitions of “true womanhood.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Especially in the South, women faced extreme shortages of food and clothing, and many were forced to leave their homes as enemy troops arrived. When the war ended, life did not return to normal for most American women.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Thousands of women found employment” and “all did what they could.” Merklee noted that some became nurses and helped the wounded and sick while others sewed and mailed items to soldiers.