RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Women were given the right to vote.
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Confederate leaders never again held elected office.
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Public education systems were established for students of all races.
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The South remained divided into five districts governed by martial law.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Reconstruction proved to be a mixed bag for Southerners. On the positive side, African Americans experienced rights and freedoms they had never possessed before. They could vote, own property, receive an education, legally marry and sign contracts, file lawsuits, and even hold political office.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
Detailed explanation-3: -Positive: No more slavery! Negative: Republican party couldn’t stay in power. The former slaves weren’t given economic resources to enable them to succeed. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments were undermined in the Supreme Court.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.