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| | African American Registry: RECONSTRUCTION, America first attempt to integrate |
 | | In the South, fl men were for the first time given the right to vote and hold office, and a politically powerless African American community joined with white allies to bring the Republican party (temporarily) to power. |
 | | In short, Reconstruction was Americas first attempt at interracial democracy. |
 | | The first extended the life of the Freedmen’s Bureau, the second, the Civil rights Bill, defined all persons born in the United States as citizens and spelled out rights they were to enjoy regardless of race. |
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