Rights Given after the Civil War

Question

Actions Taken to Reduce These Rights
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.

Answer 1

Implemented Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation and limited the rights of Black Americans in public spaces, transportation, and housing.
Established "separate but equal" doctrine, justifying segregation and allowing for inferior facilities and services for Black Americans.