RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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what to do with the former slaves
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how to rebuild the south
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how to re-elect Jefferson Davis
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most difficult task confronting many Southerners during Reconstruction was devising a new system of labor to replace the shattered world of slavery. The economic lives of planters, former slaves, and nonslaveholding whites, were transformed after the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the other achievements of Reconstruction were the South’s first state-funded public school systems, more equitable taxation legislation, laws against racial discrimination in public transport and accommodations and ambitious economic development programs (including aid to railroads and other enterprises).
Detailed explanation-3: -they needed jobs and housing to support themselves and their families. In addition, many former slaves could not read or write. In 1865 African-Americans could not legally vote in most states and did not have citizenship or the legal protections that came with it.