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13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. the amendment outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude and peonage. -
14th amendment
Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people. granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people -
15th amendment
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. The ammendment banned the denial or abridgment of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
The 3 enforcement acts
KKK Act: Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes.
Fugitive slave act: Act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. made the government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Civil Rights Act: on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Civil Rights act of 1875
The bill guaranteed all citizens, regardless of color, access to accommodations, theatres, public schools, churches, and cemeteries. Consquence is to forbid the barring of any person from jury service on account of race.