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They created very stringent voter registration standards. They also imposed poll taxes that made voting too expensive for blacks. They also had literacy tests, which made it difficult for blacks to vote, as most of them were freed slaves who had little to no education.
The Reconstruction had its successes. Black (and white) lawmakers spent money on schools and roads. Former slaves got educations and found ways to earn a living. New governments and federal troops restored order. The economy was reborn.
However, white Southerners continued to resist Reconstruction. Their old leaders began to take control again. They found ways to get around the 15th Amendment. They used sharecropping to keep blacks in near-slavery. They restricted many blacks' rights and made rules about keeping whites and blacks separate in public places. Terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan flourished.
For the most part, they did not get around it. The 15th amendment passed in 1870.
It declared: " that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
Although ratified on February 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th Amendment would not be fully realized for almost a century. Through the use of poll taxes, literacy tests and other means, Southern states were able to effectively disenfranchise African Americans as well as very poor Americans.
The South avoided the 14th Amendment by failing to ratify it. Their legal basis in this was the technicality of how the amendment was proposed. Since the required 2/3 vote was not received, the South ignored this amendment.
Violence and segregation were some ways the Southern states tried to circumvent the 15th Amendment. Another way was through state legislation.
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There are three parts to most state constitution?
A+ All states must follow a national amendment process to make changes to state constitutions.
Southern states began to secede following the election of 1860 because?
Lincoln vowed to outlaw slavery
What fraction of winning votes are necessary to both propose and ratify an amendment to the US constitution?
A proposal to amend the US Constitution requires a two thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. After the proposed amendment is approved by the legislature, it goes to the states . It needs the approval of three fourths of the states, or 38 out of 50, to make the new amendment the law of the land.
No amendment could change equal representation in senate without?
No amendment can alter equal representation in the Senate without the consent of the state. This is expressed in Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution.
How much of the state must ratify the amendment?
An amendment does not become part of the Constitution unless it is ratified by three-quarters of the states. That would be 38 states. Article V of the U.S. Constitution: "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress...".
When was Three Months in the Southern States created?
Three Months in the Southern States was created in 1864.
How many pages does Three Months in the Southern States have?
Three Months in the Southern States has 329 pages.
What ratio of states does it take to pass an amendment?
It takes a three-fourths ratio from the states to pass an amendment. Before an amendment goes to the states, it has to pass both house of legislature.
What is the number of states needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment?
{Led by Phyllis Schlafly, enough concerns about the amendment were presented that the Equal Rights Amendment was unable to garner sufficient states for ratification, falling three short of the necessary 38.}
What Fraction of the states does it take to pass an amendment to the constitution?
Three fourths.
How many states must accept an amendment before it becomes law?
Three-fourths (38) of the states must ratify an amendment in order to add it to the Constitution.
Which states benefited most from the three-fifths compromise why?
Southern States. (NovaNet)
How many states have to ratidy an amendment to make it part of the constitution?
A proposed amendment becomes part of the constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the states (38 of 50 states).
After congress agrees on a proposed amendment it then must be what?
ratified by three-fourths of the states
How can the constituiton be amended?
ratification of the amendment requires three fourths of the states to ratify.
Why does it take three fourths of the states to ratify an amendment?
becuase obama is president
In what two way can amendment be ratified?
1. an amendment is official when three-fourths of the state legislatures approve it. 2. when special conventions in three-fourths of the states approve it.
