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Prove they could succeed in politics.
The Reconstruction Era occurs right after the Civil War, which along with freedom already provides changes to African Americans. Because of this, African Americans were no longer slaves and could perform in practices of business, such as sharecropping. Basically, it opened a range of new opportunities to African Americans.
African Americans remained disenfranchised
Andrew Johnson (Apex)
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The Republican Party
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The Republican Party