The End of Reconstruction

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The End of Reconstruction
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14th Amendment Due Process Equal Protection

1. At first, what was missing from the Constitution?
2. Did these words apply equally to all? Who did
   they ignore?
3. Give an example of a Black Code.

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Terror in the South

• How does the KKK see itself?
• 2. Why did the KKK use violence?

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Force Act of 1870

• Banned the use of terror, force or bribery to
  prevent voting
• Used troops and courts to arrest and try Klansmen
• Why would the government step in to stop this
  activity?

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Discrimination

1. How did the south disqualify voters?
2. What did the Jim Crowe laws try to do?
3. What did Ida Wells document?

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Definitions

• Poll Tax Fee paid by African American voters
  for the right to vote
• Grandfather Clause Allowed voters to vote if
  their grandfather had voted
• How did these voting rules prevent Blacks from
  voting in the South?

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The Supreme Court Speaks

1. What did the Supreme Court mean in Plessy v.
   Ferguson?
2. Define separate but equal.
3. Give some examples of segregation.
4. What might the nation be like if the 1st civil
   rights movement had been successful?