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What did thaddeus Stevens want for African Americans?
Thaddeus Stevens, a prominent Radical Republican during the Reconstruction Era, advocated for full civil rights and equality for African Americans. He believed in land redistribution to provide economic opportunities, pushing for policies that would break up large plantations and give freedmen access to land ownership. Stevens also supported the extension of voting rights and sought to ensure that African Americans could participate fully in the political process. His vision was one of a fundamentally transformed society where African Americans could enjoy the same rights and privileges as whites.
What did the abolinist'want?
Abolitionists wanted enslaved African Americans to be freed from slavery, and to then enjoy the same civil rights as any other American.
Why were the litteracy tests abolished?
Literacy tests were abolished because they're unfair and racist. They were given to African Americans in order to prevent them from voting and enjoy other luxuries that whites had.
What rights do the citizen enjoy in a democratic form of govement?
Voting, but the USA is a Republic not a Democracy.
What are the rights Americans enjoy by living in a democratic society?
They get to vote for (some of) their leaders
Did African Americans enjoy a bit of renaissance during the early 1900's?
yes.
When the constitution was approved in 1788 it protected all of the rights and freedoms that Americans enjoy today?
Its true
Was African Americans treated fairly after the civil war?
No. For most, it took about another hundred years or so. That depends on you definition of "get their civil rights." They certainly gained some civil right immediately following the civil war, as they were no longer slaves, however it was many years before they had all of the civil liberties that whites could enjoy.
Have people in the US always had equal rights?
People in the U.S. have always had equal rights since it became the U.S., following the Revolution, except the slaves and the indentured servants who did not enjoy the rights of regular citizens, and women who did not have some of the rights of men, e.g. voting and owning property.
What is a sentence for the descendants?
The descendants of the original Native Americans have to wait a long time to gain any of the rights that they enjoy today.
What rights did the 14th and 15th amendments gaurantee for african americans?
14th, equal right under the law as well as the right to citizenship 15th, right to vote
How do Lincoln and Douglas differ on what rights black Americans are entitled to enjoy?
Douglass wanted no slavery, and Lincoln wanted to perserve the union.
