BLACK CODES
The black codes are laws that were passed by southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the civil war. These particular laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedom and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. The enforcement and impact of the black codes were restrictive and widespread enraged many in the north, who argued that the codes violated the fundamental principles of free labor ideology. The presidential reconstruction era helped the 14th amendment and 15th amendment to be allowed for all blacks within the southern and northern to vote without being judge about their background and appearances and equal protection of the constitution to former slaves before they could rejoin the union. By 1877, when the last federal soldiers left the South and Reconstruction drew to a close, blacks had seen little improvement in their economic and social status, and the vigorous efforts of white supremacist forces throughout the region had undone the political gains they had made.
DAWES ACT The Dawes Act was a federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families. This particular day on February 08, 1887 President Grover …show more content…
Ferguson was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme court that upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilitates under the doctrine of separate but equal. It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. Rejecting Plessy’s argument that his constitutional rights were violated, the Court ruled that a state law that “implies merely a legal distinction” between whites and blacks did not conflict with the 13th and14th Amendments. Restrictive legislation based on race continued following the Plessy decision, its reasoning not overturned until Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in
The black codes are laws that were passed by southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the civil war. These particular laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedom and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. The enforcement and impact of the black codes were restrictive and widespread enraged many in the north, who argued that the codes violated the fundamental principles of free labor ideology. The presidential reconstruction era helped the 14th amendment and 15th amendment to be allowed for all blacks within the southern and northern to vote without being judge about their background and appearances and equal protection of the constitution to former slaves before they could rejoin the union. By 1877, when the last federal soldiers left the South and Reconstruction drew to a close, blacks had seen little improvement in their economic and social status, and the vigorous efforts of white supremacist forces throughout the region had undone the political gains they had made.
DAWES ACT The Dawes Act was a federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families. This particular day on February 08, 1887 President Grover …show more content…
Ferguson was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme court that upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilitates under the doctrine of separate but equal. It stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. Rejecting Plessy’s argument that his constitutional rights were violated, the Court ruled that a state law that “implies merely a legal distinction” between whites and blacks did not conflict with the 13th and14th Amendments. Restrictive legislation based on race continued following the Plessy decision, its reasoning not overturned until Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in