Historical+Event+(Slavery)

__**Racial Discrimination**__
= = == = = = = After the Civil war, the United States had a renewal of hope. African Americans could now vote (fifteenth amendment), hold office and attend school. Children had been allowed to go to public (segregated) school, couples would be allowed to legalize interracial marriage, elected were thirty- two black state senators, ninety- five blacks were state representatives, they were now allowed on juries, public boards, and working for the police department. But even after slavery and the civil war African Americans still did not have life that was a walk in the park. ([|Black Rights]) = = = = = = = =

White southerners were angry that the blacks were free and they wanted to regain control over them again therefore they created the black codes, which were designed to limit their opportunities. Blacks were regulated on almost every aspect, including going out of town. Taxes were placed on free blacks so that anyone of them that tried to pursue a profession, they would not be able to rent land or own a gun. The black codes ended in 1866 for it being to harsh. Racial prejudice was prevalent not only against blacks later on, the Ku Klux Klan ([|KKK]) for example was an organization that used terrorism, violence and acts of intimidation such as [|cross burning] to oppress [|African Americans] and others. ([|Black Rights]) = =

__**Main Points**__
 * Blacks had a better life after the Civil War; a lot of new opportunities.
 * Can vote, be on the senate, join the police department and etc …
 * Black codes (white’s rules over blacks) came along and it prevented the blacks from having freedom

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