Cards in this guide (15)
When were slaves able to own land
In America, when they were freed.
What were the White League and the Knights of the White Camellia
two radical political terrorist groups that had association with the thoughts of the KKK. Their chief intention was to oppose the rights of the freedmen, and were motivated by racial supremacists views.
Which term refers to the condition of workers who could never afford to pay what they owed to a company store
What was the idea behind the black codes that limited civil rights in the south
Blacks under whites was the natural order
Who had the most to gain when African Americans got in trouble for not having a job
White landowners who could make those African Americans work for
them
What was a similarity in the South between tenant farming and sharecropping
farmers worked land owned by others
What was part of the agenda of southern Democrats
Cutting taxes for landowners
What helped many businesses started by African Americans to be successful
African Americans received better service than in businesses
owned by whites
What was an argument made by supporters of vocational training in African American colleges and universities
it would help them fit in with white society
What was a goal of southern whites in creating black codes
Many Southerners including white merchants and white small landowners supported the Republican Party's actions to
take power from southern planters
What led up to general sherman's order of 40 acres and a mule for former slaves-
When lands confiscated from the former Confederates were
returned back to them by administration of President Andrew
Johnson, freed slaves that had been given 40 acres of farmland were
evicted.
According to the readings What right did women demand in the United states
Women demanded the right to vote.
According to the thirteenth amendment who could be forced to work without pay
How many African-Americans from the south were elected to the US Senate during reconstruction
