3. What Techniques Have Been Used to Keep People from Voting?

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The Reconstruction Era saw great advancements in voting rights for African American men, but disappointment for women who also sought voting rights. Then, during the Jim Crow Era, the gains of Reconstruction were eliminated through voter disenfranchisement. Ranger Nick explores both the gains and setbacks for voting rights after the end of the American Civil War.

Duration

9 minutes, 56 seconds

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