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Black codes.
Black codes were laws in the south used to control african americans. The laws took away certain rights from the african americans like for example, the black codes said they were not allow to own a farm. This is an example of how blackcodes limited the rights of the African American race in reconstruction after the civil war. Another thing that the black codes did was allow the officals to arrest any African Americans who did not have jobs. The blackcodes were better then slavery but unfair. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment said that citizenshp could not be taken away from African Americans by another law. The 14th amendment also said that nobody could take away someones life, property or liberty without them breaking a law. The 14th amendment also did not allow confederate leaders to hold any national or state office unless congress allowed them to. These are the main things the 14th amendment did. After that many African Americans cast tickets to vote. -
Civil rights act.
The civil rights act was created to combat the black codes which proctected African Americans rights. It was made by radical republicans to combat the blackcodes. The civil rights act also gave african americans citizenship. The civil rights act helped end the south's laws that the blackcodes stated. -
The reconstruction acts.
The first reconstruction act was created when ten confederate states had not accepted the 14th amendment. The first reconstruction act divided the 10 states into 5 military districts. After that new governments in these sates were created and banned all confederate leaders from serving in these new govenments. It also gave african american men to vote in state elections. The second act made the army to register voters in each state district. -
The 15th amendment.
The 15th amendment is familiar to the 14th amendment but it says that the state and federal government cannot allow someone not to vote because of their race, color, or who they served in the past the union or confederates. The 15th amendment was made to proctect African Americans right to vote because it would proctect them from white people who were unfair to them. The republicans after the 15th amendment thought that their job in reconstruction was over.
