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What was the most “oppressive” piece of legislation passed during Reconstruction?

What was the most “oppressive” piece of legislation passed during Reconstruction?. Reconstruction Amendments. AMENDMENT XIII

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What was the most “oppressive” piece of legislation passed during Reconstruction?

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  1. What was the most “oppressive” piece of legislation passed during Reconstruction?

  2. Reconstruction Amendments • AMENDMENT XIII • Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction…. • AMENDMENT XIV • All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws…. • AMENDMENT XV • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude….

  3. Alabama Literacy Test Questions • What body can try impeachments of the president of the US? • Name the attorney general of the US. • At what time of day on January 20 each four years does the term of the president of the US end? • If the US wishes to purchase land for an arsenal and have exclusive legislature authority over it, consent is required from ________________. • Tribunals are ________________. • Prior to the adoption of the US Constitution, the organization of the states was known as the ___________________.

  4. Evaluate the greatest success/failure of Reconstruction so far. • Predict what will happen to African-American rights when the Union Army (U.S. Army) leaves the old Confederacy.

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