RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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A woman was upset that she was not allowed to vote at this time
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A white girl and an African American girl were able to use the same water fountain.
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African American, American Indian, and white children attended the same schools.
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An African American man was unable to vote because of an unfair poll tax and reading test.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Prior to passage of the federal Voting Rights Act in 1965, Southern states maintained elaborate voter registration procedures deliberately designed to deny the vote to nonwhites. This process was often referred to as a “literacy test, ” a term that had two different meanings-one specific and one general.
Detailed explanation-2: -This was “a lot of money at the time, and a big barrier to the working classes and poor.” Georgia created a cumulative poll tax requirement in 1877: men of any race 21 to 60 years of age had to pay a sum of money for every year from the time they had turned 21, or from the time that the law took effect.
Detailed explanation-3: -Louisiana Voter Application and Literacy Tests (c. 1963) This Louisiana literacy test, circa 1963, is typical of the tests used by various Louisiana parishes before passage of the Voting Rights Act. It was used to deny Blacks-and other non-whites-the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-4: -literacy test in American English noun. an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one’s ability to read and write. [1865–70]