1.06: Face of Freedom, U.S.

1.06: Face of freedom, U.S. History.

"Explain how freedoms for African Americans were socially, politically, and economically limited from 1865 to 1900?"

Your response should consist of at least three paragraphs including one paragraph for each of the following:

* social limitations

* political limitations

* economic limitations

You should also include at least one person, term, or event from the lesson in each paragraph.

Political:

The first political limitation was the right to vote. African Americans were denied the right to vote because of something called Black Codes. Black Codes were an effort to restrict civil rights for African Americans. Some other limitations the Black Codes enforced are they restricted African Americans to carry weapons, serve on the jury, or testify in court against someone. African Americans couldn’t do these things without a permit. The codes differed from state to state, but they were both in the north and south. Literacy tests and poll taxes were used to try and keep black people from voting. Some states wouldn’t let the African Americans vote if they didn’t pass a literacy test. The poll tax had to be paid before they could vote, and they often didn’t have enough money to pay it.

Social:

Black codes often permitted the arrest of poor unemployed people not having homes or money. Most of them were African Americans, but some were white. Sometimes African American groups didn’t object to racial segregation (separation of humans into racial groups in daily life laws.) Some were more interested in developing a black community than in socializing with the whites. The biggest group terrorizing blacks was the Ku Klux Klan (a secret organization that used terror to restore white supremacy to the South.)Their goal was to prevent African Americans from using their new power. The biggest threat from the KKK was Lynching. Lynching is public hanging for an offense without a trial, and it caused African Americans...