1. Warm-up: What is discrimination?
What do you think can be done to stop it?

2. Reconstruction Legislation
& State Opposition

3. Acts (laws)
A series of Federal Acts were passed to address civil rights of African Americans
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Civil Rights Act 1875

5. Amendments
When the Acts did not seem to be enough, the Federal government attempted to provide rights to African Americans by adding Amendments to the Constitution
13th Amendment: freed slaves
14th Amendment: made African Americans citizens and deserved rights accordingly
15th Amendment: gave African Americans the right to vote

6. State Opposition
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow Laws

7. Supreme Court Played role in ending Reconstruction
1873 Slaughterhouse Cases
1876 U.S. vs. Reese
1876 U.S. vs. Cruikshank
Placed control of individual’s basic civil rights in the hand of the states
Limited the federal government’s ability too protect the civil and voting rights of African Americans

8. Activity:
Reading of Acts
Reading of Black Codes