RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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African American churches, schools, and volunteer groups
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Creation of the Black Codes
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annexation of the Dominican Republic
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Panic of 1873
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Detailed explanation-1: -Blacks had gained more rights. The Thirteenth Amendment banned slavery in the country. The Fourteenth Amendment said that blacks in the country were now citizens. Blacks also had gained the right to vote.
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: -EMANCIPATION AND RECONSTRUCTION In the North, black churches organized missions to the South to help newly freed persons find the skills and develop the talents that would allow them to lead independent lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.