discrimination
1. The federal government attempted to use many laws to protect the rights of the newly
freed slaves, such as the Civil rights Act of 1866, which gave African Americans the right
of citizenship and forbade other states from passing their own discriminatory laws. This
brought on the Black codes, which restricted much of the African American lives dictating
where they were legally allowed to go and designated places they should be in. The
fifteenth amendment was also passed, which states that no one can be kept from voting
despite their "race", color or past servitude. It seems to nt wanted to lay down the basic
rights for the African Americans of the time, but didn't want to give them to much
freedom by restricting everything that they did. It seems it was much like probation to me,
giving them a little slack to see what they would do with it, but still not really trusting
them. I think the restrictions on African Americans was a good thing however,......

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Title: Descrimination
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