RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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the Naturalization Act of 1870
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the Civil Rights Act of 1866
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the Tenure of Office Act of 1867
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the Amnesty Act of 1872
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Detailed explanation-1: -On this date, the House overrode President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 with near unanimous Republican support, 122 to 41, marking the first time Congress legislated upon civil rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the end, Johnson refused to sign the bill because he believed Congress had no right to guarantee citizenship within the states or to enforce legislation on the individual states.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Radical Republicans in Congress were angered by Johnson’s actions. They refused to allow Southern representatives and senators to take their seats in Congress. In 1866, the Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill, which granted African Americans equal protection under the law with whites.
Detailed explanation-4: -Congress overrode Johnson’s veto on April 9, 1866, and elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 eventually became the template for the Fourteenth Amendment.