RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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On what grounds did the state lawmakers claim to remove black elected members?
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The state constitution did not recognize blacks’ rights to hold public office.
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The Fourteenth Amendment specifically prohibited black assembly members.
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The black members had deceived voters to get elected into the Assembly.
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The black members would need to be reelected after re-admittance.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the first election (1868) after the Civil war, blacks were allowed to vote. But even though former slaves could now vote, there was no law that allowed black representatives to hold office. So, the 33 black men who were elected to the General Assembly were expelled.
Detailed explanation-2: -Foner, the author of Freedom’s Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction, estimates that about 2, 000 Black Americans held public office at the local, state, and federal levels during Reconstruction.
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