RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It denied white males a number of civil rights
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It was written by African Americans and northerners
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It gave the federal government too much control over South Carolina
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It was not written by representatives from all geographic sections of the state
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Detailed explanation-1: -Race was abolished as a limit on male suffrage. The Black Codes that had flourished under the constitution of 1865 were overturned. There was no provision against interracial marriage, and all the public schools were open to all races.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why? Because the United States Congress required this new constitution as one of the principal steps in South Carolina’s readmission to the American Union after the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -10, 1895: South Carolina Constitutional Convention Convened. On Sept. 10, 1895, the South Carolina constitutional convention was convened by U.S. Senator Benjamin “Pitchfork” Tillman and his political allies to disenfranchise African Americans and establish Jim Crow segregation.
Detailed explanation-4: -They feared the new federal government would favor the wealthy elite. They believed SC did not have enough representation in Congress.