Cards in this guide (16)
Toward the end of the Civil War General Sherman's Special Field Order No 15 did which of the following
It gave 40 acres of land and a mule to freed African
Americans.
What goal united the Democrats in the South in the late 1800s
Taking power away from the Republican Party was a goal of the
Southern Democrats.
What was the idea behind the black codes that limited civil rights in the south
Blacks under whites was the natural order
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
When was the civial war over
The Civial war had ended in 1865.
Why did forced labor continue after the Civil War
it was legal as a form of punishment
What was part of the agenda of southern Democrats
Cutting taxes for landowners
What usually happened to sharecroppers who did not make enough money from their crops to pay expenses
they had to stay on the land until they could pay
What was true about sharecropping
In sharecropping, both freed slaves and poor whites borrowed land, seeds, and tools from a landowner, in exchange for a share of the crop at harvest time.
What opportunities existed for sharecroppers who made in a growing season
they could rent more land, find another landowner to sharecrop
for, and look for work in town
Which statement is true of the state legislature of south corolina and Mississippi during reconstruction
they had more African Americans than any other state.
What was the main debate for setting up colleges and universities for African Americans
the main debate in setting up colleges and universities for
african american was whether to:
Many Southerners including white merchants and white small landowners supported the Republican Party's actions to
take power from southern planters
African American leaders associated the republican party with Abraham Lincoln emancipation and
The freed men's bureau
the Freedmen's Bureau.
During slavery most African Americans who wanted to worship went to white churches or
held their own services in secret
A way that landowners took advantage of sharecroppers was by
Paying less for crops raised by African Americans
