However, Lincoln Vetoed this bill and it never passed. ... This Proclamation wouldn't allow the same people that Lincoln excluded, as well as anybody with taxable property worth up to $20,000. ... In early 1866, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which granted citizenship to African Americans that were born in the states. ... Congress passed several bills to extend the rights of freed slaves and to keep the southern legislators from disturbing the reconstruction process....

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Due to this belief congress tried to pass the Wade-Davis Bill, where fifty percent of voters had to take an "ironclad" oath that they had never voluntarily supported the Confederacy, Lincoln vetoed this bill. ... His proclamation disenfranchised all southern military and civil officers and all those who owned property worth more than $20,000. ... As a result of the current policies, congress passed the Reconstruction Act also known as Congressional Reconstruction. ...

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The black codes passed by the legislators of Southern states also suppressed blacks. ... High Confederate officials and all those owning property valued at more than $20,000 were excluded from amnesty, but were entitled to individual pardons granted directly by the president. ... Congress, believing that emancipation was not enough and the rights of former slaves were in need of protection, passed the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights bills. ... In its final form the Fourteenth Amendment defined American citizenship, (includingblacks) prohibited states to pass laws which hurt the natural...

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Then in 1787 the Constitution of the United States was passed creating a stronger central government to help the newly formed nation from collapsing. Civil In 1776 the Virginia Bill of Rights was passed granting rights that all men are born with and these rights that each individual possess can't be deprived of. ... The rights granted were very limited at the time and only belonged to the select few, rich white males and men who owned property. ... And in 1787 the Constitution was passed creating a stronger central government that unified the nation. ...

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In an effort to once again limit the rights of the newly freemen and women, many states passed discriminatory legislation known to some as 'Black Codes'. ... In response to these unsettling decisions made by the Southern States and their use of the ˜Black Codes', Congress passed several civil rights acts in an "effort to remedy the limitations of the Thirteenth Amendment. ... Guaranteeing that no state would make laws to abridge "the privileges and immunities of citizens" or deprive any person of "life, liberty or property without due process of law," or "deny any person...

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Through persistence, African Americans were able to pass the Civil rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, along with many more legal achievements1. ... With this type of organization and purpose, black fraternal groups were able to pass the 15th amendment on May 19,1870 which allowed freed slaves the right to vote. ... In response, the white fraternal groups tried to pass legislation to outlaw black fraternal groups, attacking African American rights. ...

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Ward believes "the Emancipation Proclamation stands as a monumental landmark in the advancement of liberty1" In contrast US history writes, "the search for equal rights was far from over with the passage of the 14th Amendment2" as the Supreme Court did nothing to ensure that the 14th Amendment, which stated that no "State [should] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,3" was made a meaningful reality. ... Rather, he once told a black audience that there "must be a position of superior and inferior.4" James A Rawley clarifies this stating that ...

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In his view, the Federalists, the founders mostly out of the Northern states, supported a strong, centralized government and favored the Constitution during its drafting and ratification. 8 These were individuals whose primary economic interests were tied to personal property. ...

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