RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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better opportunities for women
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African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
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discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
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unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jim Crow laws were any state or local laws that enforced or legalized racial segregation. These laws lasted for almost 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until around 1968, and their main purpose was to legalize the marginalization of African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Expert-Verified Answer. A civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial equality.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.” During the era of Reconstruction, Black Americans’ political rights were affirmed by three constitutional amendments and numerous laws passed by Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -While segregation can be driven by the choice of migrants to settle close to networks of friends, relatives and members of the same ethnic group, they may be forced to live in more deprived areas due to a lack of jobs and affordable housing.