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RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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in 1867, congress passed a law requiring that a new constitution adopted by a former confederate states guarantee african american men the right to vote. however, a majority of northern states continued to deny african american men this right until 1870. what action did the government take to resolve this problem?
A
it created the freedman’s bureau.
B
it adopted the fifteenth amendment.
C
it took congressional seats away from those states.
D
it sent troops to enforce voting rights in those seats.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -However, a majority of Northern states continued to deny African American men this right until 1870. What action did the government take to resolve this problem? . It adopted the Fifteenth Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill would also have abolished slavery, but it required that 50 percent of a state’s White males take a loyalty oath to the United States (and swear they had never assisted the Confederacy) to be readmitted to the Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.

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