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After the smoke had cleared from the Civil War were blacks still denied voting rights?
No, they were given the right to vote. ...they were legally allowed to vote but in the south some of the polls would throw their vote away if they were black.
What was the purpose of the voting rights act of 1965?
It was that all citizens of the United States who are otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in any State, Territory, district, county, city, parish, township, school district, municipality, or other territorial subdivision, shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections, without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; any constitution, law, custom, usage, or regulation of any State or Territory, or by or under its authority, to the contrary notwithstanding.
What are two things the First Reconstruction Act provided for?
The First Reconstruction Act, in an effort to rebuild the country after the Civil War, made provisions for two things: 1.They had split the south into five military districts. 2.It took land away from the whites and gave it to the blacks.
Could free black women vote in1789?
Free black women couldn't vote until the 19th Amendment was passed 1920; however, laws stayed in effect in the south until the South the prevented black men and women from voting until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did away with white primaries and poll taxes.
Which term refers to the rights that cannot be taken away by the government?
unalienable rights
