RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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What gave African Americans equal rights and authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement?
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15th Amendment
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Civil Rights Acts of 1866
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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Black Codes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil Rights Bill of 1866 proved to be the opening salvo of the showdown between the 39th Congress (1865–1867) and the President over the future of the former Confederacy and African-American civil rights.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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