Question

Rights Given after the Civil War
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 were required to sign contracts to work for their former slaveholders.
Passed laws making homelessness 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.

In 3 - 5 sentences, analyze the obstacles to equality for Black Americans in Texas after the Civil War.  In your opinion, which obstacle was the most unfair?

A complete answer will include the following information.

an action taken to reduce the right to vote
an action taken to reduce access to public education
an action taken to reduce the freedom from slavery
your opinion of which obstacle was the most unfair
Answer in a 7th graders words

Answer 1

After the Civil War Black Texans were supposed to have new rights, but many laws tried to take those rights away. To stop them from voting, Texas made people pay a poll tax and pass literacy tests that were hard to pass. Schools were segregated and got much less money, so Black children didn’t get the same education. The worst was the Black Codes and forced work contracts (and punishing "vagrants") that made freed people work like they were still enslaved — that felt the most unfair because it took away real freedom.