RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 state?
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Freedmen were not citizens but would have troops to protect them.
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Freedmen were citizens and there would be Northern troops to protect them
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Freedmen can vote
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Freedmen should work at the Freedmen’s Bureau
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Act guaranteed all citizens, regardless of race or color, protection of their civil rights, such as the right to file suit, make and enforce contracts, and to buy, sell, and inherit real and personal property.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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