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Define Sharcropping
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When a landowner allows a sharecropper to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land.
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crops
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What are Black Codes?
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Laws passed prohibiting blacks to travel without permits, carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites , and marrying whites.
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laws that restrict blacks
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Why was the Freeman's Bureau important to African Americans in the South?
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It was important b/c it helped blacks and poor whites get clothing, food, education, and shelter.
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helps blacks and poor whites
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What did the 13th Amendment do?
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Abolish slavery
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no slavery
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Who were carpetbaggers?
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Northerners who moved to the south after the war.
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north moved to south
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Define Sharcropping
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When a landowner allows a sharecropper to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land.
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crops
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What are Black Codes?
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Laws passed prohibiting blacks to travel without permits, carrying weapons, serving on juries, testifying against whites , and marrying whites.
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laws that restrict blacks
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Why was the Freeman's Bureau important to African Americans in the South?
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It was important b/c it helped blacks and poor whites get clothing, food, education, and shelter.
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helps blacks and poor whites
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What did the 13th Amendment do?
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Abolish slavery
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no slavery
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Who were carpetbaggers?
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Northerners who moved to the south after the war.
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north moved to south
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Why was Hiram Revels such an important figure?
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1st African American senator
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What made the Election of 1876 so significant?
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1st time in history a candidate lost the popular election but still became president.
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Describe the Panic of 1873?
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Smaller banks closed, stock market collapsed, 89 railroads broke, 18,000 companies closed, five year economic depression, and 3 million workers lost their jobs.
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Define Tenant farming
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one who resides on and farms land owned by a landlord.
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What was the 14th Amendment?
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Makes all persons "born or naturalized in the U.S." Citizens.
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Why was Andrew Johnson brought up on impeachment charges?
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he was not carrying out his constitutional obligation to enforce the Reconstruction.
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What was Lincolns policy for Reconstruction?
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10 percent plan, souths return to the union, states in south would create a new government and gain representation in congress.
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What was the Wade Davis Bill?
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was a program proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by two Radical Republicans, Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis of Maryland
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What educational opportunities did Blacks have during Reconstruction?
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they were able to go into schools to learn to read and write.
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What role did the KKK play in the South?
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They were a club that would terrorize blacks to keep their white supremacy alive in the South.
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What job opportunities did free blacks have in the South?
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sharecropping, tenant farming ,and plantation working or owning their small farms
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What were some positives and negatives that Reconstruction offered to Blacks?
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Positive:Education, government,freedom,and being a citizen.
Negative:KKK,segregation,40 acres and a mule,and plantations. |
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Who were Radical Republicans?
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People who wanted to destroy the political power of former slaveholders and give Blacks full citizenship and the right to vote.
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What was the 15th Amendment?
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States that no one can be kept from voting because of " race,color or previous condition of servitude"
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What did 40 acres and a mule mean?
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when Gen. Sherman promised the freed slaves who followed his army 40 acres per family and the use of army mules.
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