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Christine asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 1 decade ago

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 important?

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  • MrV
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    1 decade ago
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    Following the Civil War, attempts were made to protect the civil rights of the newly freed slaves. The first Civil Rights Acts were passed in 1866, 1870, 1871, and 1875. Those acts tried to protect the ex-slaves rights and freedoms, like the right to sue, to be heard in jury trials, and the right to hold property. The Fourteenth Amendment, 1866, guaranteed all citizens of the US and all citizens in the states in which they lived, equal treatment under the law. It intended to prevent states from taking away the civil rights protected by the Constitution, from ex-slaves.

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  • willsey
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    5 years ago

    Civil Rights Of 1866

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  • Rhubarb
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    1 decade ago

    The plantation owners in the south could no longer use slaves so the productivity of that area died.

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