Reconstruction

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Wanted to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans and send troops to the South to enforce the new laws

Ended slavery

White plantation owners who wanted the war to end, but did not want to change their way of living

Laws that enforced segregation in the South

a period of rebuilding

Laws passed by southern states that denied civil rights to the southern states

Gave ALL men (including African Americans) the right to vote

Wanted to keep families together and build strong communities and churches