Question

With the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, it seemed like African Americans would finally obtain certain fundamental rights, such as the right to vote and equal protection under the law. What strategies did white southerners (and some northerners) use to continue to deny African Americans these rights? How were these rights ultimately achieved? Describe issues you think still may exist.

Answer 1

After the Civil War in America, slaves became freed. With the rectification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments allowed slavery to abolished from America along with the right to vote, and equal rights in the States for African Americans. But these new changes were not seen as a good for the White Southerns and Northerner because they believed that African Americans were to be controlled and regulated rather than setting them free. The South issued sets of Black Codes called Jim Crow Laws to separate African Americans from the whites. The civil rights movement helped African American to achieve their rights in America in the 1950s and 1960s to break the prevailing pattern of segregation.