This was resolved with each slave being counted as 3/5 of a free person. 3. The invention of the cotton gin made southern states more dependent on slavery because the production of this crop increased by so much and they needed someone to pick it. 4. If the existence of slavery in the South was not the major factor that led to the Civil War, the issue that did lead the South to choosing to secede from the union was whether new states would have slavery or not.
How freedoms for African Americans were socially, politically, and economically limited from 1865 to 1900 After the Civil War ended with Union victory, constitutional amendments were ratified to grant equal rights and freedom to enslaved African Americans; however, these rights were limited, restricted by those discriminating against African Americans. This new opportunity, promising African Americans better lives soon turned into lives full of terror and poverty. Many were poor, segregated in public facilities, and harassed, threatened or beaten by White Supremacy terror groups. Instead of living hopeful lives full with prosperity the African Americans wished for, they struggled to survive under conditions that gave them as much freedom as slaves had. African Americans’ social rights were very limited partially because of the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
1. First wave disappeared in 1873 and reconstruction ended in 1877 (List 98). 2. In the early 20th century, The KKK revived in response to efforts by Blacks and Whites to end Segregation (List 98). 3.
They were Republicans, supporters of the party that wanted to see protection for African American rights. In several Southern states, African Americans dominated the voting population, even more so because Reconstruction disenfranchised former Confederates. Thus, the state legislatures of the South reflected these majorities. View this video to learn more about African Americans in politics. Republican Control of the South - Text Version After the Civil War, the Democratic Party's political control in the South was squashed by the emergence of a Republican majority, fueled by the votes of newly enfranchised African Americans.
The Second World War is a significant event in history. I believe that it made a small amount of difference to the lives of black Americans; it was able to change some of the attitudes of white Americans; it helped influence the passing of the Fair Employment Practices Commission (1941) and also helped reduce the unemployment figures of black Americans. Although it made a substational difference, things were still not perfect. Black Americans were still targeted by extremist members of the Ku Klux Klan and they were still treated as second-class citizens. In this essay, I will analyze the ways lives changed for black Americans after the Second World War, as well as this I will look at the ways they may not have changed.
They protested, marched, wrote letters to Congress, wrote letters to the President, etc. On May 17, 1954, The US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. This decision declared that separate but equal educational facilities were unconstitutional. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015) A form of legislation to alleviate race within prejudicial boundaries was the Voting Rights Act of 1965; this law prohibits racial discrimination in voting. This year commemorates 50 years since the infamous march in Selma, Alabama.
The government tried to give African-Americans their rights but the new system of slavery was increasing in the south. Plantation owners and slaves were signing labor contracts, sheriffs were gaining power from charging Afican-Americans with a made up charge, sheriffs were hired by plantation owners to find new laborers by charging them with a made up crime, etc. Since African-Americans didn’t have the money to pay the charges they would be sent to jail and then leased by the plantation owners. This meant landowners could get cheaper labor than when they had to buy the slave. The government started to investigate the south’s new system of slavery.
How far do you agree with the view that African Americans were treated as second class citizens between 1940 and 1946? This view is very accurate; African Americans were not offered the same political, economic or social opportunities and rights as white people, despite the terms of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. However, overall, treatment of African Americans was worse in the south. Political/ legal rights and opportunities were limited for African Americans due to their treatment as second class citizens. For example, in the south, Jim Crow laws were in place, meaning that everybody had to pass a literacy test and pay poll tax before they could vote.
Jim Crow Laws had a major influential impact on the United States during its time period due to its cruel ways. Jim Crow Laws were a system of racial apartheid laws dominant in the South beginning in the 1890s continuing for three quarters of a century. The laws affected everyday life, separating Whites and African Americans by posting signs to where either ethnicity could go to school, restrooms, drinking fountains, buses, restaurants, and more. Jim Crow Laws claimed to have treated African Americans the same as Whites through the quote “separate but equal”. Although the laws abided by that particular quote it was visible that African American public facilities low grade quality wasn’t nearly comparable to those of Whites.
This can be found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3, of the Constitution, which states: “Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.” Of course the reference to “other Persons” is referring to Black slaves. Because of this compromise, slave states gained a disproportionate amount of representation in the House, fueling the fire that would burn straight into the Civil War (Burnside,