RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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give African Americans full citizenship rights
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get the Bourbons out of office
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return to the pre-Civil War era
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repeal Jim Crow laws
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) was a South Carolina plantation owner and politician who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). He personally organized “Hampton’s Legion” at the outbreak of the Civil War and played a key role in the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas).
Detailed explanation-2: -His election to the governor’s chair in 1877 effectively ended Reconstruction in the state, and in the eyes of white South Carolinians, Hampton was more than a victorious political candidate. He was their savior.
Detailed explanation-3: -South Carolina provided around 60, 000 troops for the Confederate Army. As the war progressed, former slaves and free blacks of South Carolina joined U.S. Colored Troops regiments for the Union Army (most Blacks in South Carolina were enslaved at the war’s outset).
Detailed explanation-4: -At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor. Less than 34 hours later, Union forces surrendered. Traditionally, this event has been used to mark the beginning of the Civil War.