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The 15th Amendment
How it was Bypassed by the Southern States in Order to Disenfranchise
African-Americans
By: Tom Zagaja
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Compromise of 1877
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Democratic Demands
A backroom deal, informal, unwritten
Removal of all Federal Troops in South
Appointment of a Democrat in Cabinet
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More Democratic Demands
Construction of Transcontinental Railroad
Legislation to Industrialize South
Race Issue Left in Hands of States
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Legal Disenfranchisement
Literacy Tests
Grandfather Clauses
Poll Taxes
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Literacy TestsSample questions from a workbook that Citizenship
School teachers used
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Effects
Blacks Expelled From Office
Fired From Jobs if You Try to Vote
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Reign of Terror
Ku Klux Klan Lynching,
Evicted, Beaten, Destroyed Businesses
Towns Wiped Out
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The End