Rights Given after the Civil War

Question

Actions Taken to Reduce These Rights
Right to vote
Passed a poll _____ and required a literacy test.
Access to Public Education
Segregated schools with unequal funding.
Freedmen's Bureau created to help former slaves transition to a free life
Freedmen required to sign __________ to work for their former slaveholders.
Passed laws making __________ illegal. If you were homeless you could be punished.
13th & 14th Amendment-
Abolished slavery and said all men are citizens
Passed laws called Black Codes to restrict the freedoms of Black Americans.

Answer 1

- Right to vote: Passed a poll tax and required a literacy test.
- Access to Public Education: Segregated schools with unequal funding.
- Freedmen's Bureau created to help former slaves transition to a free life.
- Freedmen required to sign labor contracts to work for their former slaveholders.
- Passed laws making vagrancy illegal. If you were homeless you could be punished.
- 13th & 14th Amendment: Abolished slavery and said all men are citizens.
- Passed laws called Black Codes to restrict the freedoms of Black Americans.