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What were southern states attempting to do by passing the grandfather clause?
Disfranchise it
How did Southern states restrict African Americans politically?
ANSWER:The Southern states denied African-Americans the right to vote.
What enabled southern states to enact measures to disfranchise African Americans and keep black and whites separate?
The Black Codes is the first thing that comes to mind. Also, the North really never put much of an effort in preparing ex-slaves and "free" African Americans for life in a capitalist society where freedom is contingent on wealth.
In order to disenfranchise African Americans southern states did what?
They made African Americans pass a test to prove they could read and write
How did Texas and other southern states prevent or discourage African Americans from exercising their full civil rights?
Most African Americans didn't know.
What did some southern states require from African Americans?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
The purpose of the literacy tests that were used in the southern states after 1870 was to?
To discurage african Americans from voting
Was Woodrow Wilson a champion of racial justice for African Americans?
no he supported segragation in the southern states
What did the Southern states think of African Americans in war?
they denied them equal rights, they thought of them as useless.
Which section north or south had enslaved African Americans?
The southern half of the country kept the African-Americans as slaves. The northern states never engaged in that kind of behavior.
How did southern states keep African-Americans from gaining political power?
The Southern states kept African Americans from gaining political power by denying them an education. They also passed laws to keep them down. They were not allowed to own property and most of them could not read or write.
In 1860 were more african americans enslaved or free?
(in the US) Without even resorting to statistical research: since the year contained in the question is prior to the War Between the States, and since the practice of slavery existed in both the northern states and the southern states, it can safely be deduced that more African-Americans (in North America) were enslaved than there were free at that time.
