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The amendment that gave former slaves the same rights as other Americans was the 14th amendment.
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What did African Americans fight for in the 1950's and 1960's?
Basically for the same rights granted to other Americans
This person the child of former slaves invented the ironing board the lawn sprinkler and many other useful things?
It is Elijah McCoy-Rayonna
A. Philip Randolph argued that requiring African Americans to fight for democracy in other countries was unfair because?
They were denied rights in their own country
Why were Native Americans not enslaved in North America?
try researching "ethnic stratification" and you may discover why the attempt to enslave native Americans did not work as well as bringing slaves from other continents.
Were there only white people in the civil war?
No, there were people of various racial and ethnic backgrounds who were involved in the Civil War. African Americans played a significant role, including as soldiers and support workers, both for the Union and Confederate forces. There were also Native Americans and individuals from other racial and ethnic groups who participated in the conflict.
Why did it take additional amendments to give former slaves the same rights as other citizens?
constitution handbook left side?,,me too
What gave former slaves the same rights other U.S citizens enjoyed?
The Civil War amendments {APEX}
How did the prosperity and economic advantages of the period exclude most African-Americans and women?
Even though the slaves were freed after the Civil War, they still did not have the same rights that other Americans had. Women still had not won the right to vote, so they also did not have any say in who was going to be in the White House. The freed slaves became sharecroppers on land owned by their former owners and weren't much better off for it.
Who protects the rights of all Americans?
The Bill of Rights and other amendments protect the rights of all Americans.
Who were the first Europeans to bring in slaves?
The Spanish had slaves in North America in the 1500's. Columbus made 1500 Native Americans slaves and the other explorers also made Native Americans slaves.
Why were slaves African-Americans?
slaves were African Americans because white people thought other colored people were different from them and segregation is another reason
What statements is most accurate in light of the political realities in America during the 1830s and the founding fathers' claim that all men were created equal?
In America, landowning white men had access to rights that women, native americans, african slaves, and other men who didnt own property did not
Could freed blacks buy slaves?
No, because it's not fair for the other African Americans to be controlled by other experienced slaves.
Do other nationalities have a voting rights act?
Other than african americans what other nationality has to have voting rights?
Did slaves have the rights?
Slaves had no rights because back when they were around, they weren't considered human, but something below human to justify their slavery. Slaves were considered to be like horses and dogs, those don't have rights have either so why would slaves.
How where hopes of African-Americans dissapionted after the war?
The Federal government (mis)led the newly-freed slaves to believe that they would receive land and other resources - "forty acres and a mule." Also, after Federal administrators left the former Confederate States in 1877, white southerners regained control, denied the vote and other civil rights to blacks, and legalized segregation in schools and other public places.
The Radical Republicans believed that former slaves should?
As the US' Reconstruction period began Radical Republicans believed that freed slaves should have freedom, and the same rights as any white citizen. Other people in the Democratic Party and citizens with no party affiliation also agreed with the Republicans.
