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