Voter Registration in the South by Jonathan Mazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01 Made by JT Mazie, Gavin Wall en-us 2017-11-07 16:34:58 UTC 2017-11-13 22:50:08 UTC hello@padlet.com After the Civil War 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/204447643 ~ After Civil War, congress acted to prevent from establishing white supremacy again
~ In 1867 former confederate states were readmitted in the Union, but ratifying the 14th amendment. 
~ In 1870, the 15th amendment was ratified. 
~ In the 1870's more than half a million black men became voters, voting for the republicans. 
~ When Mississippi joined the Union in 1870, more than half the states population were slaves. 
~ During the next decade Mississippi sent two black senators to Washington, and elected a number of black state officials. ]]> 2017-11-07 16:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/204447643 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/205366371 2017-11-09 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/205366371 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/205367630 2017-11-09 16:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/205367630 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/205368984 2017-11-09 16:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/205368984 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/206320056 2017-11-13 16:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/206320056 Works Cited 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/206323132 Costly, Andrew. “Race and Voting in the Segregated South.” Constitutional Rights Foundation, www.crf-usa.org/black-history-month/race-and-voting-in-the-segregated-south.
“African-Americans in the South Face New Barriers to Vote.” Voting Wars: Rights | Power | Privilege, 20 Aug. 2016, votingwars.news21.com/african-americans-in-the-south-face-new-barriers-to-vote/.
“Voting Rights for African Americans.” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-african-americans.html. ]]> 2017-11-13 16:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/206323132 Fun Facts 22jmazzie https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/206327264 ~Martin Luther King led the protests 
~ In 1969 about 60% of African Americans were registered to vote]]> 2017-11-13 16:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/22jmazzie/kh8cop1b5y01/wish/206327264