history of america answered

AMH 2020 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES Sess. 3 Miramar West

Name: _______________________________________________________________
(Instructions: Open Book, Open Notes. Attach/staple your answers to this cover sheet.)
Essays (10 points for each answer)
Explain how the loop whole in the 13th amendment allow Southern states to pass Black Codes and Jim Crow that forced Blacks back into virtual slavery and debt peonage after the Civil War ended with the legal abolition of slavery.
The 13th amendment states that there should be no slavery or any form of involuntary servitude in the united states except when it is being used as a punishment for a crime after the prosecution of the victim (Avalon Project). The exception clause of the amendment made many states in the South to take advantage and pass the Black Codes and Jim Crow where minor offenses from the blacks in regards with attitude made them be inflicted to involuntary servitude.
Explain the means used by Southern states to prevent Blacks from voting despite the 14th and 15th amendments that gave rights to citizenship and voting without regard to race or previous condition of slavery.
With the amendments in place, the U.S was in the process of reconstruction which did not last for long. The reconstruction ended in the year 1877 and the federal troops were no longer presents to protect the rights of the blacks. The white’s employers started to threaten the blacks in regards to voting. Similarly, a group known a…