RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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The Southern states should be readmitted to the Union as soon as possible
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Reconstruction should be used to force political and social change in the South
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Freedmen should be denied civil rights
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The North and South should take equal responsibility for the war
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Following Reconstruction, Southern state governments systematically stripped African-Americans of their basic political and civil rights. Literacy Tests. Many freedmen, lacking a formal education, could not pass these reading and writing tests. As a result, they were barred from voting.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement describes a goal of Radical Republicans during Reconstruction? protecting the rights of African Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Radical Republicans’ reconstruction offered all kinds of new opportunities to African-American people, including the vote (for males), property ownership, education, legal rights, and even the possibility of holding political office.