In the aftermath of the reconstruction era white southerners took extreme measures to redefines the south. In 2-3 paragraphs dis
cuss how and why southerners worked to remove black rights after reconstruction. Why was it important to them to work around the reconstruction amendments? (Especially the 5th amendments)
After Reconstruction, white Southerners took extreme measures to ensure that African-Americans did not gain political power. One of the reasons why is because they feared that African-Americans would elect individuals who would try to change the southern way of life. In order to stop this from happening, several actions were taken.
1) Voting obstacles- Even though the 15th amendment said the no one can be stopped from voting based on race, color, or past servitude, many southern states went around this by implementing literacy tests and poll taxes. These tests and taxes significantly affected the African-American community, as many of them did not have a formal education nor a large enough income to vote.
2) Development of Ku Klux Klan- This organization used violence, intimidation, and threats to ensure that African-Americans did not use the rights guaranteed to them in the constitution.
(B) A fort was established and many were killed by disease.
After Lewis and Clark's expedition, the people of mandan village were faced by a devastating outbreak of smallpox disease in the year 1837, as much as the epidemic was devastating it played an important role in uniting the surviving people in Mandan and Hidatsa village who later interacted in trade farming and hunting
False: McCarthy didn't have "clear" evidence against all the people he accused of being communist spies.
Explanation:
One of the problems at the time was everyone was blaming each other for being communists. If you didn't like your neighbor partying every night? call the local police station and say they are communists and boom problem is gone.
