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They enacted laws that disallowed the newly freed black slaves of having civil rights, since they weren't officially US citizens yet. The laws are called the "Black Codes". They were pretty quickly repealed, and the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was passed shortly thereafter to prevent similar laws from being passed again. However, that didn't stop the policy of "segregation" and the related Jim Crow laws from coming into effect in the 1870's, lasting until the 1960's.
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As white southerners regained control of state governments what did they began to do?
compensate former slaves
What is a sentence with Appomattox?
With the surrender of the Confederate army under General Lee to Grant at Appomattox the task of reconstruction began.
What actions did southerners take in response to the rights given to former slaves by the federal government after reconstruction?
In this time the KKK was formed to keep former slaves from leaving and to terrorize them. Southern planters began to charge rent and limited movement.
What is the Exact date reconstruction began and ended?
it began 1850 and ended 1877
Which President began the process of Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did the civil war reconstruction era begin and end?
The Reconstruction era began in 1865 and ended in 1877.
The Ku Klux Klan declined in popularity during the later years of Reconstruction because Southerners began to blame the Klan for which of the following?
continued military occupation of the southern states
What did the Japanese do after the bombing?
First they surrendered and second began with the reconstruction.
When Reconstruction began Lincoln's main goal was to?
quickly restore the Union..
What is the period of reconstruction?
The Reconstruction Era was the period of time that began after the US Civil War. The plans to reunite the USA were controversial and bitter.
What was reconstruction about?
the Reconstruction Era has two uses; the first covers the entire nation in the period 1865-1877 following theCivil War; the second one, used in this article, covers the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, with the reconstruction of state and society in the former Confederacy. Three amendments to the Constitution affected the entire nation. In the different states, Reconstruction began and ended at different times; federal Reconstruction policies were finally abandoned with the Compromise of 1877.[1]Reconstruction policies were debated in the North when the war began, and commenced in earnest after the Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863. Reconstruction policies were implemented when a Confederate state came under the control of the Union Army
The Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish social organization but soon began targeting Reconstruction governments?
The Ku Klux Klan did begin as a prankish social organization, but soon became more sinister. It began targeting Reconstruction governments in retribution for the increased rights they gave to blacks.
