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RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS

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A historian is writing an article for a history website. The article is divided into the following topics:the division of the South into military districts, ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments.Which era in U.S. history is the focus of the article?
A
The Jacksonian Era
B
The Federalist Era
C
The antebellum era
D
The Reconstruction Era
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Radical Reconstruction The law also required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which broadened the definition of citizenship, granting “equal protection” of the Constitution to formerly enslaved people, before they could rejoin the Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of these occurred as a result of the Fifteenth Amendment? African American families divided by slavery were reunited.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reconstruction encompassed three major initiatives: restoration of the Union, transformation of southern society, and enactment of progressive legislation favoring the rights of freed slaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Meaning of Freedom: The meaning of freedom itself became a point of conflict in the Reconstruction South. Former slaves relished the opportunity to flaunt their liberation from the innumerable regulations of slavery.

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