RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Level 2Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment?
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African American families divided by slavery were reunited
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Newly free men and women moved west to claim land
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African American men voted in the 1872 presidential election
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Newly free men and women were allowed to apply for U.S. citizenship
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and its subsequent ratification (February 3, 1870) effectively enfranchised African American men while denying the right to vote to women of all colours. Women would not receive that right until the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
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