Summary: Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, Grandfather Clauses
The Voting Barriers of America: Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, Grandfather Clause
By: Gabriel, Martha, Amelia, Roxette, Kevin.
In the late 1800’s, the United States of America had been restoring itself from the tragedies of the Civil War; an era known as the Reconstruction. The United states had suffered severely through the divisive social issues surrounding race and inequality. The after effects of the Civil War wounded many relationships between the North and South, influencing the majority of white politicians to abandon the cause of protecting African Americans. The southern states under the identity of the Confederacy, continued to hold on to its conservative racist ideologies against minorities, even after the war, along with other neighboring states. Local governments around the country began to assemble a legal system aimed at re-establishing a society under the authority of white supremacy and inequality. The legislation expressed through this re-establishment of white supremacy was known as Jim Crow.
The Legislation known as the Jim Crow laws, separated people of all minorities from the whites of that time. These laws that came to pass divided people of color from whites in …show more content…
Those excluded from the new administer are said to have grandfather rights or obtained rights. The Grandfather Clause was part of Georgia’s 1908 Disfranchisement Constitutional Amendment, an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that was written specifically to prevent African-Americans from voting in Georgia. It worked by requiring voters to pass certain tests before they would be allowed to vote, but if your grandfather fought in the Civil War you were exempt from the tests. Oftentimes, the exception is restricted; it might stretch out for a set time, or it might be lost in specific
By: Gabriel, Martha, Amelia, Roxette, Kevin.
In the late 1800’s, the United States of America had been restoring itself from the tragedies of the Civil War; an era known as the Reconstruction. The United states had suffered severely through the divisive social issues surrounding race and inequality. The after effects of the Civil War wounded many relationships between the North and South, influencing the majority of white politicians to abandon the cause of protecting African Americans. The southern states under the identity of the Confederacy, continued to hold on to its conservative racist ideologies against minorities, even after the war, along with other neighboring states. Local governments around the country began to assemble a legal system aimed at re-establishing a society under the authority of white supremacy and inequality. The legislation expressed through this re-establishment of white supremacy was known as Jim Crow.
The Legislation known as the Jim Crow laws, separated people of all minorities from the whites of that time. These laws that came to pass divided people of color from whites in …show more content…
Those excluded from the new administer are said to have grandfather rights or obtained rights. The Grandfather Clause was part of Georgia’s 1908 Disfranchisement Constitutional Amendment, an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that was written specifically to prevent African-Americans from voting in Georgia. It worked by requiring voters to pass certain tests before they would be allowed to vote, but if your grandfather fought in the Civil War you were exempt from the tests. Oftentimes, the exception is restricted; it might stretch out for a set time, or it might be lost in specific