Franchisement during the reconstruction era was the right to suffrage (vote). The whites in the south tried to get around this any way possible. These ways were called the disfranchisement. Ways could be things such as the Poll Taxes and literacy tests.
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Tools to disfranchise African Americans.
Tools to disfranchise African Americans.
Tools to disfranchise African Americans
poll taxes and literacy tests
they made african americans pass a test first to see if they can read and write
The implementation of poll taxes was used to legally prevent poor blacks and quite often poor whites from voting. The tax was to be paid as a prerequisite to casting a ballot. This was later made unconstitutional by the 24th amendment. poll taxes and literacy tests.
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.
Eurocentric views on African societies are ones of lies and manipulation. Normally people who are Eurocentric discount or disfranchise the African people and their inventions and or innovations. They also look down on their culture as well, thinking that it is primitive, when in reality almost everything you see around you has been influenced either subtly or blatantly by their culture and history.
The loyalty oath required under Radical Reconstruction aimed to ensure that former Confederates pledged allegiance to the Union and accepted the terms of Reconstruction. This requirement effectively disfranchised many Confederates who could not or would not take the oath due to their prior allegiance to the Confederacy, thus limiting their political participation. Additionally, the stringent conditions and the political climate of the time fostered an environment of distrust towards former Confederates, further entrenching their exclusion from the political process. As a result, the loyalty oath served both as a barrier to enfranchisement and as a tool for asserting control over the post-war South.
Some of the qualifications for voting that the act eliminated was: 1 demonstrating the ability to read, write, understand or interpret any matter. 2 demonstrating any educational achievement or his knowledge of any particular subject 3 posses good moral character 4 prove his qualifications by the voucher of registered voters or members of any other class..
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