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Describe the power held by the federal government after the Civil War.

The power of the federal government grew as a result of the Civil War. One of the causes of the Civil War was a difference of opinion over whether the federal government or the state governments should have more power. The North believed the federal government should have more power.


Once the Civil War ended, the southern states were still not a part of the Union. The federal government was in charge of Reconstruction. Congress created the Freedmen’s Bureau to help African-Americans adjust to freedom. It also passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 that gave African-Americans full citizenship. New amendments to the Constitution were passed that ended slavery, determined who would be a citizen of the United States, and guaranteed voting rights for people regardless if they were slaves in the past or what their race or color was. The southern states were told they had to approve the 13th and 14th amendments before they would be readmitted to the Union. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 set the terms and the conditions of Reconstruction. These state governments had no say in the development of these Reconstruction policies.


The Civil War strengthened the power of the federal government. It made it clear that the federal government had more power than the state governments had.

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