USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A
Slavery
B
Pirates attacked American ships
C
The Federal Reserve
D
French and English diplomats funded discord
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Slavery became illegal in all states. Slavery, economic reasons, and states’ rights were problems that led to the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The war began because a compromise did not exist that could solve the difference between the free and slave states regarding the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in territories that had not yet become states.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a result of the Union victory in the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1865), nearly four million slaves were freed. The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) granted African Americans citizenship, and the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) guaranteed their right to vote.

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