1.06 assigment- face of freedom
01.06 Assignment
Read the question below and use your knowledge of the time period to write your response. You are welcome to refer back to the lesson; however, all writing should be in your own words.
Question: 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.
Social: Although Southern states passed laws that increased racial discrimination. Literaty tests and poll taxes were used to keep black voters away from ballots boxes. African American voters were also kept from voting through poll taxes. This annual tax was required to be paid before a vote could be cast. Sharecroppers often did not have enough money to pay the tax.
Economic: the Thirteenth Amendment had outlawed slavery, it was clear that the Black codes were stilled a problem to many freedmen. The Black codes, which passed soon after the Civil War ended, helped maintain a cheap source of farm labor and sustained the social hierarchy. These codes made it illegal for African Americans to carry weapons or vote. They could not serve on juries, testify in court against or marry white citizens, or travel without permits.
The Black codes weren’t completely gone until 1868 when the 14th amendment was ratified. Not many other extreme problems occurred until the end of the 19th century when the Jim Crow laws emerged. Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws that separated white citizens and African
Americans in schools, hospitals, parks, and on railroads. Segregated
Southern schools gave white students new textbooks and clean, well-lighted facilities, whereas African Americans had to make do with torn, out-of-date books. Often several grades of
Read the question below and use your knowledge of the time period to write your response. You are welcome to refer back to the lesson; however, all writing should be in your own words.
Question: 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.
Social: Although Southern states passed laws that increased racial discrimination. Literaty tests and poll taxes were used to keep black voters away from ballots boxes. African American voters were also kept from voting through poll taxes. This annual tax was required to be paid before a vote could be cast. Sharecroppers often did not have enough money to pay the tax.
Economic: the Thirteenth Amendment had outlawed slavery, it was clear that the Black codes were stilled a problem to many freedmen. The Black codes, which passed soon after the Civil War ended, helped maintain a cheap source of farm labor and sustained the social hierarchy. These codes made it illegal for African Americans to carry weapons or vote. They could not serve on juries, testify in court against or marry white citizens, or travel without permits.
The Black codes weren’t completely gone until 1868 when the 14th amendment was ratified. Not many other extreme problems occurred until the end of the 19th century when the Jim Crow laws emerged. Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws that separated white citizens and African
Americans in schools, hospitals, parks, and on railroads. Segregated
Southern schools gave white students new textbooks and clean, well-lighted facilities, whereas African Americans had to make do with torn, out-of-date books. Often several grades of