Reconstruction Amedments
What did the 14th Amedment establish for people born or natrulized in the United States?
They established,
- equal protection of laws
- could not deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
- Gave congress power to pass any laws needed to enforce it
Why did many African Americans become trapped in debt under the sharecropping system?
They began demanding equal economic and political rights, they traveled to new locations
What did the 13th Amedment accomplish?
They accomplished more African americans, make slavery illegal throughout the U.S.
How did Jim Crow laws and segregation affect African Americans?
- Legal segregation
- Seperate but equal
What did the 15th Amedment give African American men?
They gave African American men the right to vote
What did the civil rights Act of 1866 provide for African Americans?
Gave African Americans the same rights as white Americans
How did the 13th, 14th, 15th Amedments together change African Americans rights?
They gave the same rights for everyone else
- They had to sign contracts
- They passed laws
- Banning gun ownership
- couldn't rent property
What was Reconstruction?
It was the process of readmitting the south from the country.