During the years following the civil war, the United States administration sought to protect the legal rights of the newly freed black population. For years African Americans would seek to define the meaning of freedom and search for a place of equality in America. Numerous leaders and groups, worked to define and ensure freedom, however it was not an easy task. Opposition from certain individuals and groups, as well as road blocks along the way proved that not everyone was in agreement of the radical changes that were about to take place. This time in history is called the Reconstruction.
Following the assassination of President Lincoln, The civil war and the period of Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this time congress passed …show more content…
Like state-supported public school which educated both black and white children, and laws that were put into place to make it illegal for public establishments like the hotels and the railroads from descrimation bascd on race. Even with all the support,
Andrew Johnson who was President Lincoln’s successor had very racist views. He believed African Americans shouldn’t play a role in the Reconstruction. Pg 454 He believed the southern states should make decisions for themselves, and felt Blacks should not be allowed to vote. It was Johnson who enacted the laws known today as the Black Codes, which were laws passed by and influenced by the Sothern governments that only gave certain rights to blacks. In their eyes, it was a way of controlling former slaves.
A infamous organization who encouraged the Democratic reign of terror on blacks was the Ku Klux Klan. African Anerican political leaders bore the brunt of the violence, however there was times of mass terrorism on black citizens. In 1870 and 1871 (pg 468) Congress adopted three Enforcement Acts which outlawed terrorist societies. It was President Ulysses S Grant, who dispatched federal marshals to arrest numerous members of the Ku Klux Klan, and to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which outlawed racial decimation in public
Following the assassination of President Lincoln, The civil war and the period of Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this time congress passed …show more content…
Like state-supported public school which educated both black and white children, and laws that were put into place to make it illegal for public establishments like the hotels and the railroads from descrimation bascd on race. Even with all the support,
Andrew Johnson who was President Lincoln’s successor had very racist views. He believed African Americans shouldn’t play a role in the Reconstruction. Pg 454 He believed the southern states should make decisions for themselves, and felt Blacks should not be allowed to vote. It was Johnson who enacted the laws known today as the Black Codes, which were laws passed by and influenced by the Sothern governments that only gave certain rights to blacks. In their eyes, it was a way of controlling former slaves.
A infamous organization who encouraged the Democratic reign of terror on blacks was the Ku Klux Klan. African Anerican political leaders bore the brunt of the violence, however there was times of mass terrorism on black citizens. In 1870 and 1871 (pg 468) Congress adopted three Enforcement Acts which outlawed terrorist societies. It was President Ulysses S Grant, who dispatched federal marshals to arrest numerous members of the Ku Klux Klan, and to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which outlawed racial decimation in public