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Black Codes
These were laws that aplied to the freed African American slaves. Some made it illeagel for them to own or remt farms and made it easy for white people to take advantage of them. They also let them be arrested or fined. -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
This allowed the government get involved with state affairs so they could protect african americans. Also it gave African Americans citizenship. -
Reconstruction Acts
The first act was that the 10 Confederate states that did not ratify the Fourteenth Amendment had to make new governments. These states were divided into military districts. The second act let the army register voters in the districts and to organize constitutional conventions. -
14th Amendment
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction therof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." - 14 Amendment -
15th Amendment
this guaranteed that state and federal governments could not take the right to vote of any male citizen.
