RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Which of the following was NOT a direct effect of the end of Reconstruction in the South? (3.4)
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Many southern blacks were forced to continue the lifestyle of slavery by becoming sharecroppers and separated from white society through Jim Crow laws.
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Southern democrats were able to regain control of state governments and ensure white supremacy through discriminatory politics
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Vigilante groups such as the Ku Klux Klan were founded to intimidate Blacks into not exercising their political rights
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The South was able to quickly industrialize and reenter the nation with very little problems or backlash
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Compromise of 1876 effectively ended the Reconstruction era. Southern Democrats’ promises to protect the civil and political rights of Black people were not kept, and the end of federal interference in southern affairs led to widespread disenfranchisement of Black voters.
Detailed explanation-2: -But there were specific reasons why Reconstruction came to an end and those had to do with violence, corruption, race, factionalism and the election of 1876.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the end of Reconstruction, racial segregation laws were enacted. These laws became popularly known as Jim Crow laws.
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