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How much political power did blacks have in the south after the civil war?
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∙ 15y ago
close to none until about the mid to late 1990's
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Why blacks were allowed to fight in the north and not the south during the US Civil War?
Many blacks did fight in the south but not as much as blacks in the north. Blacks in the south that fought were either free land owners and were fighting to keep their land, or they were slaves of owners who were drafted in the war and they fought alongside their owners.
What are some examples of apartheid in south Africa?
A lot of it had to do with jobs and government positions. Blacks could never get the jobs that the whites could and whites were given all the political power.
Thought they held some elective political offices following the civil war south most of the African Americans had no real power?
True
Blacks in the Civil War?
There were a considerable amount of them in the union army there were none in the confederate army as the northern states declared war over the south's enslavement of the blacks.
What was the idea behind black codes the limited civil rights in the south?
Blacks under whites was the natural order
What was the result of the popularity of the Populist Party among blacks in the South?
Southerners realized that blacks were a potent political force and that they would have to share power politically. It heightened fears of Southerners that blacks might gain political power.
Did most blacks leave the south after the civil war?
No, most blacks did not leave the south after the civil war.
Prior to the civil war which group had the most political power in the south?
The plantation owners
How did white landowners in the south reassert their economic power in decade following the civil war?
kill all blacks i think
Why were'NT the blacks and whites in south Africa civil?
The surprisingly peaceful transition from apartheid to majority rule suggests that blacks and whites in South Africa were quite "civil."
Which minority wielded greatest political power in its region in the period before civil war?
planters in the South
How did the south feel about blacks after the civil war?
they all got married
What happened after the Civil war ended?
After the Civil War was over, all was still not well. Everything that had been destroyed by the war had to be rebuilt, including the government in the South. Laws were passed to give equal rights to blacks, but blacks continued to be treated differently. Read more about Reconstruction, the time after the Civil War, when the country began to recover from the fighting. After the Civil War, it took over 100 years for blacks to have the same equal rights as whites. Three amendments to the U.S. Constitution helped blacks have the same opportunities as whites and have the same right to vote. The Reconstruction Acts were also part of this fight. These made the South give blacks their political rights.
How many free Blacks lived in the Confederate states when the US Civil War broke out?
Approximately 135,000 free Blacks lived in the South when the US Civil War began.
Did blacks fight for the south during the civil war?
Yes they were promised to get there freedom, so the slaves fought for the south.
Why blacks were allowed to fight in the north and not the south during the US Civil War?
Many blacks did fight in the south but not as much as blacks in the north. Blacks in the south that fought were either free land owners and were fighting to keep their land, or they were slaves of owners who were drafted in the war and they fought alongside their owners.
What are some examples of apartheid in south Africa?
A lot of it had to do with jobs and government positions. Blacks could never get the jobs that the whites could and whites were given all the political power.
