Reconstruction

Believed that African Americans should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” in order to earn their place in society and establish themselves as hardworking and honest citizens:

All of the following EXCEPT _________ was used by the south to prevent African Americans from voting:

Southern governments enacted various measures aimed at disenfranchising or taking away the voting rights of African Americans. Not until the mid-twentieth century would these laws be overturned in both state and federal courts.

Southern governments enacted various measures aimed at disenfranchising or taking away the voting rights of African Americans. Not until the mid-twentieth century would these laws be overturned in both state and federal courts.

This guaranteed African American citizens the right to ride trains and use public facilities such as hotels. Yet was left to the courts to interpret how the law would be applied:

White men who had been locked out of pre-Civil War politics by their wealthier neighbors and were welcomed in by the Republican Party.

People from the north who were seen as opportunists by southern white people because they came to make their fortunes from the South’s misfortunes.

Formed in Tennessee in 1866, this was established to enforce violence against symbols of African American freedoms, especially education, religion and politics.