RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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“Southern states should pass ‘Black Codes’ in order to regain control of the South.
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“The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions.”
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“Former Confederate leaders should be forgiven for their actions during the war and should be allowed to sign oaths of allegiance to the U.S.”
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“The country should follow President Lincoln’s plan to reunite the country as quickly as possible.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement describes the attitude of the “Radical Republicans” following the Civil War? “The Southern states have been conquered and should be punished for their actions."
Detailed explanation-2: -The Radicals felt strongly that the Confederates needed to be punished for their pro-slavery views and should only be readmitted to the Union after they had abolished slavery among other conditions. They believed that government intervention in states was necessary to ensure abolition and civil rights for Blacks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The leading Radicals in Congress were Thaddeus Stevens in the House and Charles Sumner in the Senate. Grant was elected as a Republican in 1868 and after the election he generally sided with the Radicals on Reconstruction policies and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1871 into law.
Detailed explanation-4: -After 1867, an increasing number of southern whites turned to violence in response to the revolutionary changes of Radical Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist organizations targeted local Republican leaders, white and Black, and other African Americans who challenged white authority.