lack of political influence - obsticales to civil rights up to 1941

Question 1

KU - what were black men in the south not able to do by 1900? what type of qualifications allowed this?

Answer 1

by 1900 black men in the south could not vote
voting qualifications such as the Grandfather Clause: which meant a person could only vote if there grandfather had voted before 1867

Question 2

KU - what kind of questions could a person be asked whilst trying to register to vote?

Answer 2

how many bubbles are in a bar of soap? which had to be awnsered ‘to the satisfaction’ of the questioner.

Question 3

Therefor lack of political influence was the main obsticle proventing achievment of civil rights as..

Answer 3

there was little to no black representation high up within the government so laws which could have improved the situation were never passed
the federal government repedidly rejected anti-lynching bills for example

Question 4

However lack of political influence was not the main reason for changing atitudes towards imigration because..

Answer 4

in northern states it could be argued black men were seeing groing power in some boroughs which further enabled black northern voters to elect black representatives to state legislature and congress

Question 5

Upon evaluation, although political representation in the south was highly problamatic this was…

Answer 5

not as significant as legal impediments which ultimatly CAUSED the LACK OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE in the first place
the obviouse loopholes within the 15th amendment (1870) discriminated against black citizens due to their past and/or inability to read and write.