USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which act of Congress overturned the Black Codes, affirmed the rights of the freedmen, and formed the basis for the Fourteenth Amendment?
A
Military Reconstruction Act
B
Freedmen’s Bureau Act
C
Civil Rights Act
D
Homestead Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Congress overrode Johnson’s veto on April 9, 1866, and elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 eventually became the template for the Fourteenth Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against Indigenous Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Washington, D.C., March 27, 1866. Part of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 became part of the Fourteenth Amendment which was passed in 1868. This law failed to protect African Americans; segregation, racism and intimidation were common in the South. The emergence of the Ku Klux Klan spread more violence.

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