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Explain the changes that occurred in the lives of African Americans during Reconstruction

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Gained right of citizenship from 14th Amendment Gained right to vote from 15th Amendment Civil Rights Act 1866- forbid states from passing discriminatory laws (black codes) Congess started the Freedmans Bureau which helped distribute food, clothes and build hospitals & schools for former slaves and poor white. Some whites reacted violently towards them when they became educated. Former slaves allowed to travel and move where they wanted now so they could reunite with family Former slaves did not have money to buy land so many became sharecroppers so they still had to rely on white people and were still poor Blacks were able to form their own churches They were able to vote and hold political office but they were still in the minority

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