RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Which of these prompted Congress to propose the Fourteenth Amendment?
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The popular sovereignty provision in the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The positions taken int he Know-Nothing Party Platform
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The Black Codes enacted by southern states after the Civil War
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The opposition by southern states to the Emancipation Proclamation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The amendment was introduced during the 39th Congress (1865–1867) in response to the oppressive conditions experienced by millions of previously enslaved African Americans-known as freedpeople-living in the former Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment vests Congress with the authority to adopt “appropriate” legislation to enforce the other parts of the Amendment-most notably, the provisions of Section One.
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