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RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Level 2Establishment of the South’s first state-funded public school systemImplementation of a more equitable taxation systemProhibition of racial discrimination in public transportation and accomodationsThese reforms were instituted by-
A
governors during the colonial era
B
Reconstruction governments after the Civil War
C
Patriots during the American Revolution
D
revivalists after the Second Great Awakening
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It was the first civil rights organization to use nonviolent tactics to protest racial discrimination. Beginning in 1961, CORE used “Freedom Rides” to protest segregation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Radical Republican senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts introduced the Civil Rights Act in 1870 as an amendment to a general amnesty bill for former Confederates. The bill guaranteed all citizens, regardless of color, access to accommodations, theatres, public schools, churches, and cemeteries.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 hastened the end of legal Jim Crow. It secured African Americans equal access to restaurants, transportation, and other public facilities. It enabled blacks, women, and other minorities to break down barriers in the workplace.

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