USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
SS.912.A.2.2Which two groups most helped the freedmen during the Reconstruction Era?
A
Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers
B
Northern Democrats and Ku Klux Klan members
C
Southern Democrats and supporters of the Black Codes
D
Confederate veterans and supporters of President Andrew Johnson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which two groups most helped the freedman during the Reconstruction Era? Radical Republicans and carpetbaggers. The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition or servitude.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Radical Republicans were a group of politicians who formed a faction within the Republican party that lasted from the Civil War into the era of Reconstruction. They were led by Thaddeus Stevens in the House of Representatives and Charles Sumner in the Senate.

Detailed explanation-3: -White southern Republicans, known to their enemies as “scalawags, ” made up the biggest group of delegates to the Radical Reconstruction-era legislatures.

Detailed explanation-4: -Radical Reconstruction After northern voters rejected Johnson’s policies in the congressional elections in late 1866, Radical Republicans in Congress took firm hold of Reconstruction in the South.

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