The major thyroid hormone that is produced by the thyroid gland is thyroxine (T4). A small amount of another thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), is also made by the thyroid gland. Thyroid hormones have far-reaching effects on the body, in essence governing the body's metabolic rate.
In 1867, Congress passed a law requiring the former Confederate states to include black male suffrage in their new state constitutions. Ironically, even though African American men began voting in the South after 1867, the majority of Northern states continued to deny them this basic right.
The 13th Amendment to the U.S. constitution abolished slavery and the 14th made African-Americans U.S. citizens. With the 15th Amendment, voting rights could not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.. In theory, all African-American men now had the right to vote.In reality, the fight for voting rights for African-Americans had really just begun.xpanding and Ensuring Voting Rights. The 19th Amendment gave voting rights to women, including African-American women, in 1920. In 1964, the 24th Amendment outlawed poll taxes, removing another major barrier to African-American voting.