RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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African-American freedmen increased their participation in government in the nations first experiment in biracial democracy
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Poll taxes, literacy test, and residency requirements were passed, which affected an African Americans more than other citizens
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White and black children in southern states were required to attend separate, racially segregated schools, and to use separate playgrounds.
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“Jim Crow” laws imposed racial segregation in public places, including trains, restaurants, and hotels.
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Detailed explanation-1: -SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of ser-vitude. SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Senate passed the 15th Amendment on February 26, 1869, by a vote of 39 to 13.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified in 1870) extended voting rights to men of all races. However, this amendment was not enough because African Americans were still denied the right to vote by state constitutions and laws, poll taxes, literacy tests, the “grandfather clause, ” and outright intimidation.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the U.S., no one is required by law to vote in any local, state, or presidential election. According to the U.S. Constitution, voting is a right. Many constitutional amendments have been ratified since the first election. However, none of them made voting mandatory for U.S. citizens.