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Reconstruction collapsed around 1877, when Southern Democrats gained power in all the former Confederate states. The Southern Democrats opposed the reforms of Reconstruction and deprived African-Americans of the political rights they had gained during Reconstruction.
African Americans remained disenfranchised
They were fighting for Southern Independence and the Rights of the States..
through the reconstruction process.
President Andrew Jackson's Reconstruction granted freedom and political rights to the slaves and gave them opportunities to acquire land. But the State Legislatures in the Southern States almost immediately established so-called "black codes" in their States, severely limiting these rights and practically preventing blacks to find work as paid labourers.
the black codes
Black Codes
the black codes
by enacting jim crow laws
Reconstruction collapsed around 1877, when Southern Democrats gained power in all the former Confederate states. The Southern Democrats opposed the reforms of Reconstruction and deprived African-Americans of the political rights they had gained during Reconstruction.
The New State Constitution was successful during Reconstruction. It made the southern states write new laws that outlawed slavery. former slaves feared less of the southern states.
black codes
Black codes
reconstruction
It basically sucked slaves basically were not free.
African Americans remained disenfranchised
black codes