7.4 - Supporting Question 4

Compelling Questions:

How would NC be different if it had stayed with the Union?

Supporting Question 4:

How did Reconstruction affect NC?

Introduction

The end of the Civil War brought freedom and new political rights to African Americans. The new Constitution of 1868 was relatively progressive for the time and provided for a variety of new changes to governance in the state.

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