RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Which of these describes a result of the 13th Amendment?
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African Americans in the North could vote.
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State governments were required to protect individual rights.
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Former Confederate officials were prohibited from holding elected office.
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African Americans in the South could move elsewhere.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed African Americans in rebel states, and after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment emancipated all U.S. slaves wherever they were.
Detailed explanation-2: -Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Southern States, even the ones affected by the Emancipation Proclamation, opposed the Amendment though only four total states rejected it. Those states were Mississippi, Delaware, New Jersey, and Kentucky.
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