8. How did the Amnesty Act of 1872 hurt Reconstruction?

The Amnesty Act of 1872 had the greatest impact, effect, and result on the vast majority of previous white Confederates who hailed from the South, who were granted the provisions and privileges of holding office, the right to vote, the freedom to own land, and, most importantly, the ability to promulgate and author essential laws in the Southern States, which became feasible, achievable, and doable in mammoth proportions.

Explanation:

The great majority of former white Confederates in the South were free to own land, vote, hold office, and enact laws in the Southern states less than two decades after the war ended, thanks to the 1872 Amnesty and others that came before it.

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