RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Congress
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Southern Plantation Owners
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Confederate Soldiers
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African Americans
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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: -The aim of African Americans during Reconstruction was to reunite with their families and enjoy the freedom that had been denied to them for so long under slavery. Many left their plantations, but most soon returned to the land that they knew and wanted to work.
Detailed explanation-3: -Following Lincoln’s assassination and particularly during the Andrew Johnson’s presidency, the Radical Republicans largely influenced the direction of Reconstruction.
Detailed explanation-4: -After northern voters rejected Johnson’s policies in the congressional elections in late 1866, Radical Republicans in Congress took firm hold of Reconstruction in the South.