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Discuss the economicsocial conditions of blacks in the South during Reconstruction?
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How did reconstruction affect racial tension?
The racial tensions were increased because of Reconstruction. Whites thought the Freedman's Bureau would give Blacks handouts and make them lazy. During Reconstruction Southerners created the Black codes as a way to stifle any progress that Blacks attempted to make.
What ended Reconstruction in the South and what effect did that have on southern blacks?
When federal troops left in 1877
End of reconstruction?
President Hayes kept removes troops from the South. The order was given on May 1st, 1877. The decision to end Reconstruction and return the rule to Southerners, soon resulted in the disenfranchisement of the Blacks in the South.
How did reconstruction affect the south and north?
The South resisted reconstruction by passing special laws, like the Black Codes and the Jim Crow laws, in order to keep blacks down in a status practically the same as slavery.
Who held the view that Southern states should handle Reconstruction without Federal interference and that blacks should be given very limited rights?
Republicans
Discuss two ways southerners violated Lincoln's plan for reconstruction?
becausee they wanted to have freedom of their own
What did the reconstruction act of 1876 do?
Helped out blacks
Was blacks apart of the south or the north in reconstruction?
Both.
What were some failures during and after reconstruction?
one way reconstruction was a failure is that the freedman bureau burn down the blacks school, meaning no freedom what so ever for the blacks.
How were the political economic and social conditions of African Americans interrelated?
Republican abandoned reconstruction of the south. Democrats were racist therefore promises made for the freed blacks were in fulfilled.
Which former confederate state had most blacks holding office during reconstruction?
Which former Confederate state had the most blacks holding office during Reconstruction
What was the most important institution to blacks after Reconstruction?
THe Black Church
What was one of the successes of the Reconstruction era?
Blacks had the right to vote.
Blacks who left the south for kansas and elsewhere during reconstruction?
Exodusters
When reconstruction began which group of Americans living in the South supported the Democratic party?
blacks and whites who supported blacks (mainly)
What became the most important insitution to blacks after reconstruction?
The most important institution for blacks after Reconstruction was undoubtedly the black church. Churches gave black people a place all of their own, free from the control of whites.
What effect did Reconstruction have on race relations and the conditions of blacks after the civil war?
Reconstruction aimed to improve race relations and conditions for black people by granting them rights and citizenship. However, Reconstruction efforts were eventually undermined by the rise of segregation, discrimination, and violence perpetrated by white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan, leading to the establishment of Jim Crow laws and the continuation of systemic racism in the United States.
