USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When Reconstruction began, which of the following groups of Americans living in the South tended to support the Democratic Party?
A
scalawags
B
African Americans
C
wealthy landowners
D
carpetbaggers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Redeemers were a political coalition in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era that followed the Civil War. Redeemers were the Southern wing of the Democratic Party.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reconstruction was a success in that it restored the United States as a unified nation: by 1877, all of the former Confederate states had drafted new constitutions, acknowledged the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, and pledged their loyalty to the U.S. government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is an economic reason that the South needed a Reconstruction plan? Plantations, factories, and other businesses were destroyed during the war.

Detailed explanation-4: -In practice, the term carpetbagger was often applied to any Northerners who were present in the South during the Reconstruction Era (1865–1877).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Reconstruction Era lasted from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1877. Its main focus was on bringing the southern states back into full political participation in the Union, guaranteeing rights to former slaves and defining new relationships between African Americans and whites.

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