WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

PRE INDUSTRIAL EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because ____
A
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws.
B
Everyone was accepting of Civil Rights
C
Most African Americans did not like the federal government
D
Most African Americans wanted to create their own country
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation? Most Northern abolitionists opposed the extension of these rights. Radical Republicans in Congress stopped African Americans from voting. The Supreme Court refused to accept cases to interpret these amendments.

Detailed explanation-2: -What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War? It kept formerly enslaved persons economically dependent. What was a major result of the Civil War? The power of the central government was strengthened.

Detailed explanation-3: -EMANCIPATION AND RECONSTRUCTION In the North, black churches organized missions to the South to help newly freed persons find the skills and develop the talents that would allow them to lead independent lives.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the Civil War, former slaves sought jobs, and planters sought laborers. The absence of cash or an independent credit system led to the creation of sharecropping.

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