RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Democrats and former Confederates
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Southern whites and African Americans
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Whigs, fire-eaters, and Yankees
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Carpetbaggers, scalawags, and freedmen
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Detailed explanation-1: -Additionally, the 1868 constitution abolished debtors’ prison, provided for public education, abolished property ownership as a qualification for office holding, granted some rights to women, and created counties. Provisions [in schools] for the deaf and blind were also ordered.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States Congress ratified it on April 16, 1868. The constitution ignored wealth and based representation in the House strictly on population. It abolished debtors’ prison, created counties, gave some rights to women, and provided for public education.
Detailed explanation-3: -The new State Constitution in 1868 introduced revolutionary democratic changes, including removing the racial and property barriers for obtaining the right to vote. With a black population majority voting, many African Americans in the Republican Party became elected state officials for the first time in history.