The 13th amendment officially abolished slavery. Once these slaves were free, the abolitionists and the northerners feared the southerners and former confederates would deny these freedmen citizenship. So, the 14th amendment granted the African Americans citizenship. And then, the 15th amendment was established, granting the African Americans the right to vote. But some states issued a poll tax and a literacy test to prevent them from voting. Groups like the KKK formed to keep African Americans from voting. The Civil Rights Act of 1965 played a big role in ending these harsh restrictions on voting. There were also black codes and Jim Crow Laws which treated African Americans harshly as well.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965: a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S.
Race legislation was meant to constrain race with prejudicial boundaries. African American people fought this legislation by fighting for public policies to change.
The mass movement to gain equal opportunities for African Americans is what the civil rights movement was. The popular movement was aimed at granting basic rights and privileges of United States citizenship to African Americans.
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The piece of legislation that granted African Americans the right to vote was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lydon B. Johnson signed this act into law on August 6, 1965.
congress overturned johnsons vetoes on major reconstruction legislation
It made president Lyndon Johnson make congress pass a new and stronger legislation to ensure the voting rights of African Americans
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