RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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How do we bring the South back into the Union?
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How do we rebuild the South?
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How do we integrate and protect newly emancipated African Americans?
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How do we allow Southern states that want to remain free the ability to do so?
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is NOT true about the South after the war? Its labor system remained undisturbed. (But it is TRUE that the South accounted for only 12 percent of the nation’s wealth; 50% of all farm machinery was destroyed; & factories and railroads were demolished.)
Detailed explanation-2: -Reconstruction and Rights When the Civil War ended, leaders turned to the question of how to reconstruct the nation. One important issue was the right to vote, and the rights of black American men and former Confederate men to vote were hotly debated.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Federal government responded with measures (Homestead Act, transcontinental railroad) and military campaigns designed to encourage settlement, solidify Union control of the trans-Mississippi West, and further marginalize the physical and cultural presence of tribes native to the West.
Detailed explanation-4: -America’s Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War. The most difficult task confronting many Southerners during Reconstruction was devising a new system of labor to replace the shattered world of slavery.