15 th Amendment

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15 th Amendment

• Granted African Americans the right to vote
• Radical republicans gained more power

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African Americans Gain Political Power

• Between 1869-1880 16 African Americans were
  elected to Congress.
• Hiram Revels of Mississippi became first black
  Senator

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WHITE CONSERVATIVES REACT

• Conservatives wanted things to change as little
  as possible
• Used intimidation to prevent freedmen from voting

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Ku Klux Klan

• Started May 1866
• Members former Confederates
• Secret Society used hate and fear to keep Radical
  Republicans and African Americans out of power

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Techniques of the KKK

• Murder
• Hate
• Burning crosses
• Lynching

FEAR
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KKK FACTS

• Maintain white power
• Group still in existence today
• Historians estimate that KKK lynched 2 African
  Americans a week from 1870-1920
• Home base the deep South

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Main Goal Of KKK

• Ku Klux Klan wanted to keep African Americans and
  Carpetbaggers out of office

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KKK Then and Now
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How would you feel?
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