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How did the Supreme Court's actions in US v Cruikshank impact Reconstruction efforts?
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The Court ruled in favor of whites who had been convicted of violating the Fourteenth Amendment in the Colfax massacre, stating that because of the individuals were acting independently and not as agents of the state, the Fourteenth Amendment protections did not apply
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∙ 14y agoThe Supreme Court said that the Federal government did not have the capacity to punish civil rights violators.
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Can you use the word reconstruction in a sentence?
The reconstruction efforts would be tedious but worthwhile.
What was the name of the efforts to overcome the effects of the civil war?
Reconstruction
Which group did President Andrew Johnsons Reconstruction efforts affect MOST positively?
Carpetbaggers and scalawags gained the most from reconstruction.
What do UNAMA's two pillars ensure?
Political and reconstruction efforts are aligned.
What group was created in late 1865 to resist Reconstruction efforts?
kkk( ku klux klan)
By the time president grant took office southern resistance to the reconstruction efforts had?
Turned violent.
Why congress reconstruction efforts to ensure equal right to the freedmen fail?
Because they wanted to be fair with the freedmen
What efforts were made to protect black rights during reconstruction?
the grandfather clauses and literacy tests and poll taxes.
Where can one find information about the reconstruction after the civil war?
Information about the reconstruction of the States after the American Civil War can be found on a website called Essortment. The local library would also have a selection of books about the Civil War that would have details about the reconstruction efforts.
What supreme court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery?
dred scott
What was the term used in rebuilding the south after the civil war?
It was called "Reconstruction." There were continuing disputes between northern Republicans, and the efforts by Southerners to maintain control over the freed slaves led to "Radical Reconstruction" in which the Southern states were placed under military governorships.
What was meant by the scalawag in the south?
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
