RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution guaranteeing states’ rights was repealed in favor of more stringent federal laws
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The Union was preserved and an enslaved population freed.
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Jefferson Davis and leaders in the South were executed as an example of what would happen to people guilty of treason
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The national bank was established and the disputes of nullification, westward expansion, statehood, and slavery were settled due to the Northern victory
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil War confirmed the single political entity of the United States, led to freedom for more than four million enslaved Americans, established a more powerful and centralized federal government, and laid the foundation for America’s emergence as a world power in the 20th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Slavery played the central role during the American Civil War. The primary catalyst for secession was slavery, especially Southern political leaders’ resistance to attempts by Northern antislavery political forces to block the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many maintain that the primary cause of the war was the Southern states’ desire to preserve the institution of slavery. Others minimize slavery and point to other factors, such as taxation or the principle of States’ Rights.