Activity 1: Read the following passage and answer the question below.

Section 1.
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude”.

1. Identify this primary source. When was it introduced and for what purpose(s)?
2. Refer to the historical background behind its introduction.
3. Explain further how the voting right was abridged according this passage. 
4. According to you, did it succeed at establishing political equality between races?
Justify your answer.

Activity 2: 

Write an essay to explain how Southern states used their local State Legislature
to legally abridge blacks’ civil rights and liberties.

Activity 3: Write a well-developed essay to compare and contrast between Jim Crow Laws
and Black Codes.

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