End of slavery, right of all men to vote, and applying the Bill of Rights to state governments (before, it was only to the federal gov.)
What laws were passed during the reconstruction?
black codes
During Reconstruction, the constitutional question the government was concerned about was giving African Americans the right to vote. They were also concerned about their civil rights.
When African Americans were first guaranteed the right to vote during Reconstruction, most of them voted for Republican candidates. This was because Southern Whites who were against Reconstruction mostly belonged to the Democratic Party.
They passed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to guarantee equality under the law and the right to vote. Both amendments counteracted efforts by the President, the southern states, and the courts to block Congress's Reconstruction program.
What laws were passed during the reconstruction?
black codes
Andrew Johnson - APEX
During Reconstruction, the constitutional question the government was concerned about was giving African Americans the right to vote. They were also concerned about their civil rights.
In 1789 during the ratification process, the Constitution did not include a Bill of Rights.
Most African-Americans in the South made their living as sharecroppers and were poor. Reconstruction protected their right to vote and to seek public office.
During the reconstruction according to study island this is true i just took question and its right
Granted by the 14th and 15th Amendment they were US citizens to all effects and had the right to vote.
All free blacks.
When African Americans were first guaranteed the right to vote during Reconstruction, most of them voted for Republican candidates. This was because Southern Whites who were against Reconstruction mostly belonged to the Democratic Party.
They passed the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to guarantee equality under the law and the right to vote. Both amendments counteracted efforts by the President, the southern states, and the courts to block Congress's Reconstruction program.
The Reconstruction Era was the period of time following the Civil War when Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson worked to bring the South back to normal as quickly as possible. Slaves were freed during Reconstruction, giving black men the right to vote for the first time in 1867.