https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o Made with a little mischief en-us 2021-04-07 02:41:24 UTC 2021-04-07 19:48:10 UTC hello@padlet.com anouribrahim https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1389862089 The terror of the Ku Klux Klan.
The KKK was a powerful political and social force during the Reconstruction. They acted under the service of the Democratic Party to restore white supremacy. This hate group targeted former slaves and their white allies by beating and killing them. They attacked anyone that challenged white supremacy and those that supported the Radical Reconstruction.]]> 2021-04-07 03:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1389862089 anouribrahim https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1389898246 The Enforcement Acts.
As the KKK started killing hundreds of African Americans and Republican authorities like the Judge, congress passed the Enforcement Acts. They were used to counter these racial terrorism. These acts helped to protect African-Americans' right to vote and receive equal protection of laws. Later, it helped to break the Klan.]]> 2021-04-07 03:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1389898246 anouribrahim https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1389952680 The Redemption.
As northern Republicans started abandoning the former slaves and white allies, Democrats started "redeeming" the states. They started regaining their political power and enforce white supremacy. As the states fell under Democrat's rules, African Americans struggled to live as they faced obstacles to voting and faced harsh plantation labor. ]]> 2021-04-07 04:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1389952680 anouribrahim https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1393103596 Civil Rights Cases
These cases by the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals. They declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to be unconstitutional. They no longer protected the rights of American Americans.]]> 2021-04-07 19:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1393103596 anouribrahim https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1393107874 The Civil Rights Acts of 1875
The Civil Rights Act declared the “equality of all men before the law." It prohibited racial discrimination in "theaters, hotels, railroads, and other public places." However, if American Americans had any cases, they had to take them to the federal courts, which is very time-consuming and expensive.]]> 2021-04-07 19:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1393107874 anouribrahim https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1393144450 These events indicate African Americans struggled to live even after the Civil War. They were slaughtered and discriminated against by white folks. The democrats not only oppressed former slaves but the white allies that stood in their way. African Americans kept fighting for their rights and true freedom. ]]> 2021-04-07 19:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/anouribrahim/sdunjh5oor96ip1o/wish/1393144450