RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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I would want my life to return to as normal as possible with very little change.
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I would want equal voting rights for all African Americans.
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I would want President Lincoln to follow through with his plan to abolish slavery.
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I would want to extend the Freedman’s Bureau to protect the rights of African Americans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Was Reconstruction a success? The Reconstruction Era lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1877. Its main focus was on bringing the southern states back into full political participation in the Union, guaranteeing rights to former slaves and defining new relationships between African Americans and whites.
Detailed explanation-2: -In United States history, the term scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern economy and social structure was in ruins. the Civil War (about 2% of America’s population at the time). they needed jobs and housing to support themselves and their families. In addition, many former slaves could not read or write.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reconstruction is generally divided into three phases: Wartime Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction and Radical or Congressional Reconstruction, which ended with the Compromise of 1877, when the U.S. government pulled the last of its troops from southern states, ending the Reconstruction era.