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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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