RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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As part of the agreement to rejoin the Union
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To fight against the “Reconstruction Amendments”
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To keep the elite of the state’s population in control
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To continue to restrict the rights of African Americas
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Reconstruction Acts, the former Confederate states were required to adopt new constitutions and ratify the 14th Amendment. As a result, South Carolina was bidden to call forth a constitutional convention to adopt a new framework of government.
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: -South Carolina’s Many Constitutions South Carolina adopted its first state constitution March 26, 1776. Since then, it has adopted six more in 1778, 1790, 1861, 1865, 1868, and 1895, a total of seven. The constitutions of 1790, 1868, and 1895 have been more extensive and politically significant than the others.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.