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Do you know what the 14th Amendment stands for?

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U.S. president Andrew Johnson failed to uphold the policies of the Reconstruction Era when he vetoed the Freedman’s Bureau and Civil Rights bills. 

Many individuals from the North were left furious and disagreed with his policies. However, Congress passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867. The South had to ratify the 14th amendment and 15th amendment which gave more rights to black people. Blacks would win elections in Southern states and in Congress. 

The Reconstruction Act was very progressive for black people. They were able to obtain more rights in the South. This gave hope to black people because there was never a black politician until now. With one of their own representing them in government they were able to trust the same system that have oppressed them.

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The 14th and 15th Amendments were actually national reactions to Black Codes enacted in the South just after the Civil War. Legally, constitutionally, blacks were equal. Many of the Black Code provisions were illegal under the new amendments, and black voters, and even legislators, gained power in the immediate aftermath. But to counter the freedoms gained, eventually new Black Codes were enacted, most of which aimed to deny blacks the vote by means that did not rely on race on their face, but which relied on race at their root. Organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan also rose, intimidating black voters from exercising their new suffrage rights. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and other tactics, both legal and extra-legal, were used to deny blacks the vote. With no voice in the government, the rate of black voters, and any sign of black legislators, quickly disappeared.

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_slav.html