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KA's US history fellow Kim discusses the period after the Civil War in the American South, when Southern society reorganized to account for the end of slavery. Many Southern governments passed laws preventing African Americans from voting, among other things, which prompted Congress to pass the Fourteenth Amendment. Watch the next lesson: Missed the previous lesson? US history on Khan Academy: From a mosquito-ridden backwater to the world's last remaining superpower, the United States of America is a nation with a rich history and a noble goal: government of the people, by the people, for the people. Its citizens' struggle to achieve that goal is a dramatic story stretching over hundreds of years
