RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Many African-Americans moved to cities in search of work in factories.
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The Freedman’s Bureau was created to provide clothing, food, water, health care, education, and jobs for ex-slaves.
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Many African-Americans turned to a life of sharecropping to provide for their families after slavery was abolished.
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Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African-Americans and gave them a greater voice in government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which is the BEST example of how Reconstruction affected politics in the South in the late 1800’s? Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African-Americans and gave them a greater voice in government.
Detailed explanation-2: -These three constitutional amendments abolished slavery and guaranteed equal protection of the laws and the right to vote. Passed by Congress January 31, 1865.
Detailed explanation-3: -Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -On March 3, 1865, Congress passed “An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees” to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.