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To what extent did reconstruction deliver on the promise of change for african americans in the united states from 1865-1900 apush

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The Reconstruction was the period of American History directly after the Civil War in post-slavery America. The promise of change for newly freed slaves fell short, with many African Americans continuing to work in slave-like conditions (sharecropping) and encountering severe discrimination.
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