There has to be a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to make a constitutional amendment. It can also be done by having a constitutional convention which is called for by two-thirds of the State legislature.
The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. In addition, under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war. By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Despite promises of equal treatment, blacks were relegated to separate regiments commanded by white officers. Black soldiers received less pay than white soldiers, inferior benefits, and poorer food and equipment.
Reconstruction Act of 1867 i think because it temporarily divided the South into five military districts and outlined how governments based on universal (male) suffrage were to be organized. The law also required southern states to ratify the 14th Amendment, which broadened the definition of citizenship, granting “equal protection” of the Constitution to former slaves, before they could rejoin the Union. In February 1869, Congress approved the 15th Amendment (adopted in 1870), which guaranteed that a citizen’s right to vote would not be denied “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
Explanation:
1) Which of the following were effects of Prohibition?
growth in organized crime... correct
bootleggers... correct
speakeasies... correct
founding of Ku Klux Klan... incorrect
2) Which of the following applies to conditions for African Americans in the 1920s?
Race riots occurred in many cities across the United States....correct
The Ku Klux Klan carried out racial violence against African Americans.....correct
Congress passed Federal anti-lynching legislation.
African Americans encountered barriers that kept them from voting.
2) Which of the following applies to conditions for African Americans in the 1920s?
Race riots occurred in many cities across the United States....correct
The Ku Klux Klan carried out racial violence against African Americans...…...correct
Congress passed Federal anti-lynching legislation.... incorrect
African Americans encountered barriers that kept them from voting...correct
A. The Republicans gained a majority in both the House of Representatives and Senate. 54 seats went to the party in the House and 8 in the Senate
