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Why were the rights of African Americans restricted in the south?
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African-Americans originally came to the US as slaves, but slavery was abolished around the end of the American Civil war. (Slavery officially ended on December 6th, 1865)
However, most of the Southern White population did not like this change, so they used racist laws (such as the Jim Crow Laws) to "keep the blacks in their place". The white population believed they were superior to the black population, so they enforced racist laws and restricted their rights.
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What impact did Jim Crow have on life in the south after reconstruction ended?
It restricted the rights of African American citizens and was the catalyst to segregation
What occured as a result of federal troops withdrawing from the south in 1877?
African American voters began to lose their rights
What kinds of resistance did African Americans face as they tried to exercise their rights as citizens in the South?
Store owners would refuse to give African Americans extra time to pay for goods, employers wouldn't hire them, and secret societies used violence to deny their rights.
What did the Congressional Bloc of Southern Democrats' filibuster of the Civil Rights Act best demon?
That many people in the South opposed granting civil rights to African Americans
Why is Malcolm X important to the African Americans?
he inspired young african americans who felt that civil rights was not achieving anything and he made civil rights a civil right movement rather than just in the south
What impact did Jim Crow have on life in the south after reconstruction ended?
It restricted the rights of African American citizens and was the catalyst to segregation
How did the policies of Reconstruction Era affect the African Americans?
They provided protections for African Americans. The policies increased their voting rights. Some of the policies placed African Americans in elected official positions in the South.
What occured as a result of federal troops withdrawing from the south in 1877?
African American voters began to lose their rights
Most African-Americans who moved to the north from the south found?
Jobs on railroads or in factories
How did the fugitive slave act effect the north south and the African Americans?
it to away their natural rights
What did most Progressives pay little attention to regarding African Americans?
Conditions for African Americans in the south.
What was the Freedom Summer about?
The Freedom Summer was a public campaign to help register African Americans to vote in the deep south in the summer of 1964.
How did the policies of the reconstruction era affect Americans?
They provided protections for African Americans. The policies increased their voting rights. Some of the policies placed African Americans in elected official positions in the South.
Which law was susposed to make whites stop harming African Americans in the south?
Civil rights act
Which action did president Johnson take that showed he did not support greater rights for African Americans in the south?
President Andrew Johnson showed he did not support greater rights for African Americans in the south by vetoing the freedman's bureau and the civil rights act of 1868. President Johnson came into office after President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
What was the name of local and state laws passed take away African Americans rights in the south?
black codes
What was the name of local and state laws passed to take away African Americans Rights in the south?
black codes
