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Ku Klux Klan Civil Rights Act
831 wordsReconstruction was successful politically in its attempts to solve the problems of how to deal with the newly freed slaves and how to bring the seceded states back into the Union after the Civil War; however, many of these methods were unsuccessful or had no effect socially or economically. Some solutions determined by Reconstruction included: the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments; the Freedmen's Bureau; the Reconstruction Act of 1837, the Civil Rights Act, and the ...
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Second Class Citizens Freed Slaves
760 wordsOn a date that will be remembered forever as a step forward for our nation, July 28, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment became part of the U. S. Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment gave a new sense of hope and inspiration to a once oppressed people. It was conceived to be the foundation for restoring America to its great status and prosperity. The Amendment allowed equal protection under the law, no matter what race, religion, sex, sexual preference or social status. It was designed to protect th...
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Ku Klux Klan Newly Freed
614 wordsThe Ku Klux Klan was a very powerful and organized secret society that began in the years directly following the Civil War, and is a society whose influence is still felt today. Although the reasons for the rise of the Klan vary from source to source, there is one common thread, which is that it rose from fear. The KKK grew as a response to three major changes in the South after the Civil War. Changes to the social, cultural and economic trends put southern whites in fear of being on the same le...
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Ku Klux Klan Martin Luther King Jr
990 words? I have a dream? . that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin? . but by the content of their character? . I have a dream today? ? ? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King? s? I have a dream? is one of the most well known speeches in American history. It emphasizes an ideal America where there is no prejudice, no hate, where everyone is equal. In the heat of the moment during that overwhelming march on Washingto...
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Newly Freed White Southerners
364 wordsAfter the Civil War ended in the 1860 s, Republicans in the north began reconstructing the union. The main goals for the north were to bring the southern confederate states back into the union and to somewhat punish them. Goals of the (white) southerners were to keep newly freed blacks from becoming equal with them, because the 13 th amendment had just been passed, putting an end to slavery. Finally, goals of the newly freed blacks were mainly focused on equality with white americans. Because of...
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Protect The Rights Freed Slaves
302 words1. TheDescrimination discrimination 1. The federal government attempted to use many laws to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves, such as the Civil rights Act of 1866, which gave African Americans the right of citizenship and forbade other states from passing their own discriminatory laws. This brought on the Black codes, which restricted much of the African American lives dictating where they were legally allowed to go and designated places they should be in. The fifteenth amendment was...
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Oxford Oxford University Douglass Frederick
1,588 wordsThe time following the Emancipation Proclamation was at first a time when the color line was blurred. Blacks and whites intermingled freely, more so then ever before, yet these interactions were not representative of the South accepting the freedman into society. The Black Codes were enacted so that the former enslaved was not treated as equals in social and political relations. During the Reconstruction the freedman was searching for the meaning of his freedom and the responsibility it brought....
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