I found your assignment very engaging and pointed to all the main concepts we had to read this week. The 13th Amendment ended slavery, and the 14th appointed birthright citizenship and equal method of defending under the law-( The 14th Amendment was considered the cornerstone of Reconstruction. It granted citizenship to all people born in the United States and guaranteed equal protection under the law, but the Supreme Court's interpretation later severely limited its effectiveness); and the 15th granted the privilege to vote to all male citizens, regardless of race. Together, they transformed the lawful framework of the nation, marking a notable modification towards equality and civil rights. Their implementation involved the Federal Military occupation of former Confederate states and the building of schools and other institutions to educate and authorize formerly enslaved individuals, thereby cultivating a sense of assignment and equality.
I was deeply impressed by the Ku Klux Klan violence group that I can describe as "a secret terrorist organization" that is closely allied with the Southern Democratic Party. Klan members attacked and intimidated blacks who tried to exercise their new civil rights, as well as Southern Republican politicians who favored these rights. The widespread violence in the South led to a federal intervention by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1871, which suppressed the Klan. However, white Democrats, declaring themselves "Redeemers," regained control of the South state by state, sometimes with the help of election fraud and violence. A deep national economic crisis that followed the Panic of 1873 led to large Democratic progress in the North, the destruction of many railroad assets in the South, and boosting frustration in the North.
Slavery is often pointed to in the past tense as if it no longer exists and hasn't for quite some time. Unfortunately, this is not the truth. Devastatingly, slavery is still very much alive in today's world. Unlike in the past, where individuals were openly bought and sold, the current structure of slavery is often disguised from public sight. Slavery exists now; it is generally referred to as 'modern slavery. It is not defined in law; it is used as an umbrella representing clouding practices such as forced labor, debt slavery (services as security for repayment), forced marriage, and human trafficking.
Wright, Kianna. “THE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1870 (1870-1871).” BlackPast, 2019, www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-enforcement-act-of-1870-1870-1871/.
I was deeply impressed by the Ku Klux Klan violence group that I can describe as "a secret terrorist organization" that is closely allied with the Southern Democratic Party. Klan members attacked and intimidated blacks who tried to exercise their new civil rights, as well as Southern Republican politicians who favored these rights. The widespread violence in the South led to a federal intervention by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1871, which suppressed the Klan. However, white Democrats, declaring themselves "Redeemers," regained control of the South state by state, sometimes with the help of election fraud and violence. A deep national economic crisis that followed the Panic of 1873 led to large Democratic progress in the North, the destruction of many railroad assets in the South, and boosting frustration in the North.
Slavery is often pointed to in the past tense as if it no longer exists and hasn't for quite some time. Unfortunately, this is not the truth. Devastatingly, slavery is still very much alive in today's world. Unlike in the past, where individuals were openly bought and sold, the current structure of slavery is often disguised from public sight. Slavery exists now; it is generally referred to as 'modern slavery. It is not defined in law; it is used as an umbrella representing clouding practices such as forced labor, debt slavery (services as security for repayment), forced marriage, and human trafficking.
Wright, Kianna. “THE ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1870 (1870-1871).” BlackPast, 2019, www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-enforcement-act-of-1870-1870-1871/.