The Basics of Reconstruction
... before they could vote. These test were set up to fail any African America, regardless of his education. ...
... before they could vote. These test were set up to fail any African America, regardless of his education. ...
1 - curieapushistory
... b. freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. c. the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens. d. Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 22. Which of the following was not one of the Reconstruction era amendments? a. Twelfth b. T ...
... b. freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. c. the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens. d. Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. 22. Which of the following was not one of the Reconstruction era amendments? a. Twelfth b. T ...
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION Bill of Rights in Action
... before the Civil War. Obviously, this benefited only white citizens. The "grandfather clause" as well as the other legal barriers to black voter registration worked. Mississippi cut the percentage of black voting-age men registered to vote from over 90 percent during Reconstruction to less than 6 pe ...
... before the Civil War. Obviously, this benefited only white citizens. The "grandfather clause" as well as the other legal barriers to black voter registration worked. Mississippi cut the percentage of black voting-age men registered to vote from over 90 percent during Reconstruction to less than 6 pe ...
Reconstruction
... not thrown out of office. SouthernReactionto Reconstruction White southernerswere angry and resentful about Radical Reconstructionand were determinednot to give up their power Scalawags- ...
... not thrown out of office. SouthernReactionto Reconstruction White southernerswere angry and resentful about Radical Reconstructionand were determinednot to give up their power Scalawags- ...
Andrew Johnson – president – not successful in
... return to the Union because of the mistreatment of the freedmen in the South. • Congress passes the 15th amendment to guarantee citizenship and equal rights to all persons born in the US. (1868) • Andrew Johnson – president – not successful in Reconstruction – Military Reconstruction Acts. (couldn’t ...
... return to the Union because of the mistreatment of the freedmen in the South. • Congress passes the 15th amendment to guarantee citizenship and equal rights to all persons born in the US. (1868) • Andrew Johnson – president – not successful in Reconstruction – Military Reconstruction Acts. (couldn’t ...
Reconstruction PP
... that was harsher on southern whites and more protective of freed blacks proposed 14th amendment (citizenship) Round Three: divide the south into 5 military districts under union army control. accept 14 and 15 amendments ...
... that was harsher on southern whites and more protective of freed blacks proposed 14th amendment (citizenship) Round Three: divide the south into 5 military districts under union army control. accept 14 and 15 amendments ...
Reconstruction - Valhalla High School
... Enacted in at least seven southern states: All men or lineal descendents of men who voted before 1867 did not have to meet the educational, literacy or poll tax requirements in effect at the time the law was passed. Grandfather Clause effectively prevented Blacks from voting, since none had voted be ...
... Enacted in at least seven southern states: All men or lineal descendents of men who voted before 1867 did not have to meet the educational, literacy or poll tax requirements in effect at the time the law was passed. Grandfather Clause effectively prevented Blacks from voting, since none had voted be ...
Reconstruction-After the War
... suffrage to educated blacks and those who owned property, they delegates ignored his request. • They made it clear that they did not want any black participation in MS’s government ...
... suffrage to educated blacks and those who owned property, they delegates ignored his request. • They made it clear that they did not want any black participation in MS’s government ...
Recontruction Slideshow- Despo
... 3. Republicans were outraged that planter elite were back in power in the South! ...
... 3. Republicans were outraged that planter elite were back in power in the South! ...
Three plans for Reconstruction Black Codes, Jim Crow Scalawags
... laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War that restricted travel and other activities of freed slaves. The laws varied, and some provided for limited rights. But generally, they deprived blacks of key civil rights. Many barred blacks from juries and from testifying against white people. Som ...
... laws passed in Southern states after the Civil War that restricted travel and other activities of freed slaves. The laws varied, and some provided for limited rights. But generally, they deprived blacks of key civil rights. Many barred blacks from juries and from testifying against white people. Som ...
Radical Congressional Reconstruction
... state must meet to be readmitted into the Union. • Second Reconstruction Act- Put the military in charge of protecting voter registration efforts to make sure that no one was refused his right to vote. ...
... state must meet to be readmitted into the Union. • Second Reconstruction Act- Put the military in charge of protecting voter registration efforts to make sure that no one was refused his right to vote. ...
6. South Africa was the final country to end white rule and apartheid
... easy on the South • Was impeached but was not removed from office ...
... easy on the South • Was impeached but was not removed from office ...
Reconstruction (1865-1876) - US History-
... whites to be separated in almost every public place ...
... whites to be separated in almost every public place ...
Race and Voting in the Segregated South
... "grandfather clause" as well as the other legal barriers to black voter registration worked. Mississippi cut the percentage of black voting-age men registered to vote from over 90 percent during Reconstruction to less than 6 percent in 1892. These measures were copied by most of the other states in ...
... "grandfather clause" as well as the other legal barriers to black voter registration worked. Mississippi cut the percentage of black voting-age men registered to vote from over 90 percent during Reconstruction to less than 6 percent in 1892. These measures were copied by most of the other states in ...
1865-1877 How do we put our country back together after the Civil
... that was harsher on southern whites and more protective of freed blacks proposed 14th amendment (citizenship) Round Three: divide the south into 5 military districts under union army control. accept 14 and 15 amendments ...
... that was harsher on southern whites and more protective of freed blacks proposed 14th amendment (citizenship) Round Three: divide the south into 5 military districts under union army control. accept 14 and 15 amendments ...
male
... Blacks gain their rights Stanton and Anthony campaigned against the amendments – inserted the word male into the Constitution for the first time ...
... Blacks gain their rights Stanton and Anthony campaigned against the amendments – inserted the word male into the Constitution for the first time ...
- GlobalZona.com
... Social and economic problems grew for the south after the war Race riots took place in major south cities, like when in May 1866 whites attacked black veterans The military took control in spring of 1867 and some south folks looked forward to it because a civil government would favor blacks By 1870 ...
... Social and economic problems grew for the south after the war Race riots took place in major south cities, like when in May 1866 whites attacked black veterans The military took control in spring of 1867 and some south folks looked forward to it because a civil government would favor blacks By 1870 ...
Reconstruction
... Freedmen (former slaves) and AfricanAmericans gained new rights. – 13th Amendment officially ended slavery – 14th Amendment granted African-Americans citizenship – 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. ...
... Freedmen (former slaves) and AfricanAmericans gained new rights. – 13th Amendment officially ended slavery – 14th Amendment granted African-Americans citizenship – 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote. ...
Document
... * Most southerners opposed Reconstruction in various ways. * Black codes were discriminatory laws passed by southern states that severely restricted African Americans’ lives by prohibiting blacks from * carrying weapons * serving on juries * testifying against whites * marrying whites * traveling wi ...
... * Most southerners opposed Reconstruction in various ways. * Black codes were discriminatory laws passed by southern states that severely restricted African Americans’ lives by prohibiting blacks from * carrying weapons * serving on juries * testifying against whites * marrying whites * traveling wi ...
Reconstruction
... States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, ...
... States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, ...
Reconstruction
... Blacks were politically unprepared. Blacks could register and vote in states since ...
... Blacks were politically unprepared. Blacks could register and vote in states since ...
Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era
Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era deals with the efforts made by Southern states of the former Confederacy at the turn of the 20th century in the United States to prevent their black citizens from registering to vote and voting. Their actions defied the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1870, which was intended to protect the suffrage of freedmen after the American Civil War.Considerable violence and fraud had accompanied elections during Reconstruction, as the white Democrats used paramilitary groups from the 1870s to suppress black Republican voting and turn Republicans out of office. After regaining control of the state legislatures, Democrats were alarmed by a late 19th-century alliance between Republicans and Populists that cost them some elections. In North Carolina's Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 (long called a race riot by whites), white Democrats conducted a coup d'etat of city government, the only one in United States history. They overturned a duly elected biracial government and widely attacked the black community, destroying lives and property.Ultimately, white Democrats added to previous efforts and achieved widespread disenfranchisement by law: from 1890 to 1908, Southern state legislatures passed new constitutions, constitutional amendments, and laws that made voter registration and voting more difficult. This turn of events achieved the intended result of disenfranchising most of the black citizens, as well as many poor whites in the South.The Republican Party was nearly eliminated in the region for decades, until the late 20th century, when a wholesale party realignment took place. Southern Democrats controlled the southern states based on white supremacy. As Congressional apportionment was based on the total population, the Southern white Democrats, the Southern bloc, had tremendous legislative power for decades. Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment could have reduced Congressional representation for states that denied suffrage on racial grounds, but this provision was not enforced, as opponents of the Southern bloc could not overcome their political power.In 1912, Woodrow Wilson gained an Electoral College bonus as a result of this black (Republican) disenfranchisement; he was elected as the first southern President since 1856. He was re-elected in 1916, in a much closer presidential contest. During his first term, Wilson instituted overt racial segregation throughout federal government workplaces and established racial discrimination in hiring. During World War I, American military forces were segregated, with black soldiers poorly trained and equipped; they were often sent on suicide missions. Disenfranchisement had other far-reaching effects in Congress, where the Democratic South gained ""about 25 extra seats in Congress for each decade between 1903 and 1953."" Also, the Democratic dominance in the South meant that southern Senators and Representatives were entrenched in Congress, gaining seniority privileges and control of chairmanships of important committees, as well as leadership of the national Democratic Party. During the Great Depression, legislation establishing numerous national social programs were passed without the representation of African Americans, leading to gaps in program coverage.In addition, because black Southerners were not listed on local voter rolls, they were automatically excluded from serving jury duty in local courts.Racial segregation in the U.S. military was ended by Executive Order of President Harry S. Truman in 1948, after World War II. Disenfranchisement did not end until after passage of federal civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s, which included authority for the federal government to monitor voter registration practices and elections and enforce constitutional voting rights.