Reconstruction Era FLASHCARDS

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What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment?

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to end slavery

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What did the Fourteenth Amendment establish in the United States?

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that states could not limit the rights of citizens

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Which organization was founded by the U.S. government to provide housing, medical care, and education to former enslaved people and poor white people in the South during Reconstruction?

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Freedmen's Bureau

Front

What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?

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to provide housing and medical care to former slaves

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What key factor prevented the Freedmen's Bureau from accomplishing its goals?

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violence directed toward African Americans in the South

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Who benefited the MOST from the system of sharecropping after the Civil War?

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landowners

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How did the system of sharecropping work during Reconstruction?

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Landowners allowed farmers to use their fields in exchange for a share of the crop they grew.

Front

What was one reason sharecropping was considered a new form of slavery?

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The farmers, who were mostly former slaves, usually owed money to the landowner and had to keep working for them.

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What was the main goal of Jim Crow laws and practices?

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To keep white people and African Americans separate in public places

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What is a typical Jim Crow law?

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A law requiring African American and white children to attend different schools.