5. What gave white Americans the idea that Africans were "a different kind of people"?

the constitution of the united states gave congress the absolute authority over immigration laws

council members were chosen randomly, and men could present laws for debate in assembly.

was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south