RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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The right of Northerners to own slaves
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The sale of federal lands to slave owners
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The expansion of slavery into new territories
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The return of slaves who had escaped from the South
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Detailed explanation-1: -Officially titled “An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, ” this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had outlawed slavery above the 36º30’ latitude in the Louisiana territories, and reopened the national struggle over slavery in the western territories.
Detailed explanation-2: -Known as the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the controversial bill raised the possibility that slavery could be extended into territories where it had once been banned. Its passage intensified the bitter debate over slavery in the United States, which would later explode into the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Kansas-Nebraska act made it possible for the Kansas and Nebraska territories (shown in orange) to open to slavery. The Missouri Compromise had prevented this from happening since 1820.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas, ” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote.