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AFRICAN AMERICANS TRY TO BETTER THEMSELVES THE POST CIVIL WAR WORLD
FREEDMAN 1) ___________ = a person freed from slavery Most had no _________ or _____ EDUCATION JOBS WHITE SOUTHERNERS 2) Many ________________ tried to limit freedoms of African Americans. 3) In March 1865, Congress set up the FREEDMEN’S BUREAU _________________ The first __________ office to help people in FEDERAL need. FOOD, CLOTHING AND MEDICINE It gave ___________________ to freed slaves and poor _________, and helped WHITES JOBS people find ________
4) The bureau started _________ - Many African SCHOOLS Americans could not _____________. READ OR WRITE 300, 000 By 1869, ______ African Americans attended them. 5) After _________ ended, African Americans SLAVERY FAMILY MEMBERS looked for ___________ who had been sold. COUPLES _______ married legally and CHILDREN __________ went to school. HARDEST AND MOST DANGEROUS Freedmen took the ________________ jobs such as digging wells and laying sewers. BUY LAND Some African Americans did ________ but many could not afford it.
6) Many African Americans returned to _________ PLANTATIONS where they were slaves. POOR Many landowners were too _____ and could not PAY _____ their workers. ______________ began – A person was able to SHARECROPPING SHARE _________ the land pay a ________ FARM RENT of the harvest for ______. They had to buy _______________________. SEED, TOOLS, FOOD, AND CLOTHING RENT Usually they had just enough money to pay for ______ and FOOD ______.
7) In 1869, Congress passed the 15 th AMENDMENT ________________ - the right of a person to vote could not be denied “on account of race, color and previous servitude”. Congress passed laws against the KU KLUX KLAN _______________ as well.
ULYSSES S. GRANT 8) In 1868, ______________ was elected President (as well as in 1872) He supported _______________. RECONSTRUCTION By 1868, many ______________ did not. RADICAL REPUBLICANS By 1872, Grant wanted to take all ______________ out of the South. UNION (FEDERAL) TROOPS In 1876, _______________ was elected RUTHERFORD B. HAYES President. He promised to ______________ from the REMOVE ALL TROOPS South – RECONSTRUCTION ______________ came to an end.
9) By the early 1880 s, southern states took away RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS _______________. A __________ was created in order to pay to vote. POLL TAX _____________ were also created to JIM CROW LAWS segregate (separate) the races. Whites and blacks were separated in ____________________ HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, HOTELS, ____________________ RESTAURANTS, AND ON TRAINS 10) Innocent African Americans were _____________ for crimes they did not LYNCHED / HANGED commit.
AFRICAN AMERICAN VOCABULARY Freedman – a person freed from slavery Sharecropping – farming someone else’s land while paying a share of the crops raised for rent. Poll Tax – a tax paid before someone can vote
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