RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Their lives were filled with wealth and privilege
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They were able to rely on men to take care of them
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They rose to political power
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They began to take on non-traditional roles
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which statement best describes how the status of African Americans in the South changed soon after the end of Reconstruction in 1877? The Supreme Court consistently supported civil rights for African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement BEST explains why Reconstruction ended? Enforcement of Reconstruction Acts decreased because of political compromise.
Detailed explanation-3: -The greatest successes of the Freedmen’s Bureau were in the field of education. More than 1, 000 African American schools were built and staffed with qualified instructors. Most of the major African American colleges in the United States were founded with the assistance of the bureau.
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.