The 15th amendment allowed African American males to vote, and the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Native Americans were not considered citizens until 1924, so they did not have the right to vote until then. Even after 1924, some states restricted Native American voting rights based on whether or not they paid property taxes. This discrimination continued until the 1950s. Though African American males were guaranteed the right to vote by the 15th amendment, and African American women by the 19th, many legal and social barriers were quickly created to impede actual voting. These barriers were made illegal in the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made all racial discrimination and segregation illegal.
African Americans.
the Bill of Rights
The Amendments were written to protect the states and the people from a too-powerful federal government.
The Federalists agreed to add amendments to protecting basic rights in support of a new constitution.
African Americans
African Americans.
Congress passed several acts and amendments to try and stop violence against African Americans and white Republicans after the Civil War. These include the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. These measures aimed to protect the rights and ensure the equality of African Americans, guarantee voting rights, and provide federal oversight to protect against violence and intimidation.
Civil War amendments did little to protect the rights of African Americans due to southern state adopting "Jim Crow laws". These laws demanded strict segregation in all public places. Signs that identified areas for either "white" or "Colored", sprang up throughout the south. Plessy v. Ferguson institutionalized the racism by deciding that since the segregation had nothing to do with slavery, it was not prohibited by the Constitution.
protect the rights of african americans - APEX
Bill of Rights
Fifth and fourteenth
The Bill of Rights and other amendments protect the rights of all Americans.
The bill of rights which is the first ten amendments.
The basic "rights" are contained in the first ten amendments.
Two years after the constitution went into effect, ten amendments were added to the document. it was felt that the constitution did not list the rights that should protect all Americans. The constitution assumed that because the powers of the government were specific and limited, a statement of rights was not needed, but as the states began to ratify the constitution in 1787 and 1788, they insisted that a Bill of Right be added.
the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution , added in 1791, and constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms.
These are called the reconstruction Ammendments. Reconstruction Amendments The Reconstruction Amendments were all passed after the Civil War. They attempted to protect the rights of African Americans, who had been treated as slaves during and before the Civil War. Thirteenth Amendment This amendment abolishes slavery in all parts of the United States. Fourteenth Amendment This amendment applies citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States, granting them due process and equal protection of the law. Fifteenth Amendment This amendment protects citizens from being denied the right to vote on grounds of race, color, or previous servitude.