RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Both white and African American women gained the right to vote.
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Schools and education opportunities were made available to former slaves.
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New constitutional amendments ended the use of voter suppression tactics.
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Violence between white vigilante groups and African Americans ended.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Reconstruction encompassed three major initiatives: restoration of the Union, transformation of southern society, and enactment of progressive legislation favoring the rights of freed slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Positive effects of reconstruction: With reconstruction, America became a home to the African-Americans in a real sense. Reconstruction legally abolished the slavery with the thirteenth amendment. The federal government restricted all territories from continuing slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -White Southerners also benefited from the Reconstruction as manufacturing, transportation, land ownership, and education expanded. On the negative side, however, Reconstruction led to great resentment and even violence among Southerners.