The many changing faces of Segregation/ Slavery
...red. Finally Lincoln received the edge that he needed and issued the preliminary proclamation. Here Segregation puts a major strain on politics and barley de-segregation survives. During the reconstruction period segregation again changed to a more efficient force. In late 1862 early 1863 Ab Lincoln had appointed provisional military governors to re-establish governments in southern states recaptured by the union army. The main condition for re admittance was at least 10 percent of the voting population in 1860 takes an oath of allegiance to the union. Aware of the fact that the presidential plan omitted any provisional for social or economical reconstruction—or black civil rights—the radical republicans criticized Lincolns leniency the radicals wanted to insure the newly free blacks were protected and given their rights as Americans. Here you see that through documents and manipulation of agreements segregation tried to hide its raw side stating that a southern state could join the union with such little requirements. This was like promoting the spread of segregation but by keeping it quite and much harder to detect, and made it possible to segregate legally. After the assassination of Lincoln in April of 1865 (crow pg.2), President Andrew Johnson alienated congress with his reconstruction policy. He very much supported white supremacy and sought out to capitalize on Lincoln’s mistake and restore slavery and segregation if not in name in substance. Three amendments were adopted by the constitution between 1866-68, the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, the fourteenth amendment granted citizen ship to people once enslaved and the fifteenth guaranteed black men the right to vote. The fourteenth amendment was passed by congress in June 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868. The radical Republican Party had been fighting with Andrew Johnson for control of the Reconstruction. Johnson’s party was in favor to leave the fate of blacks into the hands of whites and what ever would have happened would have been o.k. (crow pg.3) Now segregation is starting slowly turn for the worst it looks like there will be no more. In 1865 six confederate veterans made a secret fraternal organization.(crow pg. 6) Not knowing that the organizations popularity would make it grow all across the south the Ku Klux Klan became a popular terrorist unit that included mayors, judges, and sheriffs as well as common criminals. Now slavery and segregation have changed again out-rite cold hearted terrorist acts are now being committed and the people that are put in a position to stop things of this nature are if not taking part in these acts close friend who are. As time pressed on in 1870-71 segregation went in to a recession it gave in to many acts like the Enforcement Acts which were criminal codes that protected blacks rights to vote, hold office, serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws. If states failed to comply then the government was able to intervene. The main target was the Klan, being responsible for many murders of blacks and wh...