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Constitutional Amendments After the Civil War
13th – Prohibits Slavery 14th – Grants citizenship & “equal
protection under the law” to all citizens 15th – Grants all men the right to vote
The problem was that these provisions of the Constitution were
NOT ENFORCED
Literacy TestsPoll Taxes
Grandfather ClausesIntimidation & Violence
All these limit political participation of blacks
Examples
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