HIS 1053 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reconstruction Amendments, Reconstruction Era, White Supremacy
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To restrict and maintain social and economic systemic strucure in the abscess of slavery by prevent black people from: Right to rent or lease land: what act did the house of representative impeach andrew johnson over, what is the significance of each of these amendments: 13th - abolished slavery in the united states of america. 14th - grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the united states" which included former slaves and dismantled andrew johnson plan. 15th - granted african american men the right to vote: name four functions of the freedman"s bureau: (1865-1869) Reconstruction era that followed the civil war. Southern whites who supported reconstruction, known as scalawags, also generated great hostility as traitors to the south. Once free they had no money to begin their new lives, so they had to rely on the crop-lien and sharecropping systems. Reconstruction had come to an end in most southern states.
