RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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to provide work for soldiers
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to quell violent slave revolts
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to prevent another civil war
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to form legal state governments
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Detailed explanation-1: -Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for causing the Civil War. In order to ensure that the new state governments were committed to equality, the Radical Republicans split the South into five military districts, each headed by a northern general.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each of these districts fell under the command of former Union Army general officers to supervise the replacement of undesirable former Confederate officials and use military force to guarantee the safety of liberated African Americans and maintain peace.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states. The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First Reconstruction Act, shown here, was passed March 2, 1867. It established military rule in the former Confederate states until they were formally readmitted to the Union.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which statement best describes Southern military districts during Reconstruction? The South was divided into five different military districts. Which statement best describes the Fourteenth Amendment? It prevented states from denying citizens equal protection under the law.