RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Athletic opportunities were still unequal for blacks and whites
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Public schools were still segregated
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Employment practices were still racially discriminatory
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Voting rights were still denied
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 15th Amendment guaranteed African-American men the right to vote. Almost immediately after ratification, African Americans began to take part in running for office and voting.
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 Fifteenth Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. The last of the “Reconstruction Amendments, ” the Fifteenth Amendment banned the denial or abridgment of suffrage on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It effectively gave African-American men the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was one reason the 14th and 15th amendments failed to prevent future racial segregation? Most Northern abolitionists opposed the extension of these rights. Radical Republicans in Congress stopped African Americans from voting. The Supreme Court refused to accept cases to interpret these amendments.