RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Three new Amendments to the constitution were approved
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Senators could be directly elected to the national legislature
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Southern States rejoined the Union under their pre-war state constitutions
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Western territories rushed to achieve statehood
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1865, Congress passed and states approved the 13th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting slavery. In 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified granting “equal protection of the law” and “due process” to all citizens to prevent southern states from passing laws that would discriminate against African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reconstruction era redefined U.S. citizenship and expanded the franchise, changed the relationship between the federal government and the governments of the states, and highlighted the differences between political and economic democracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Reconstruction Amendments-also called the Civil War Amendments-are three additions to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery, granted equal rights to formerly enslaved people, and enshrined the right to vote for people of all races.
Detailed explanation-4: -Together, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are referred to as the Reconstruction Amendments.
Detailed explanation-5: -During this period the 13th (abolition of slavery), 14th (due process and other clauses) and 15th amendments (suffrage for African Americans) were proposed and passed by Congress, and then ratified by the states.