RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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What kept African Americans from voting?
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unable to read and write
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the U.S. Constitution
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polls were too far away
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poll taxes and literacy tests
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) granted African Americans the rights of citizenship. However, this did not always translate into the ability to vote. Black voters were systematically turned away from state polling places. To combat this problem, Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870.
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