The Effects of Reconstruction

What were Black Codes?

• Laws passed in Southern states to limit the rights of African Americans

• Laws passed in Southern states to keep African Americans and whites separate

• A system of farming used in the South after the Civil War that mistreated freed slaves

• A government agency to aid former slaves

In what ways did the Freedmen's Bureau aid former slaves?

• It provided food, clothing, and healthcare

• It helped former slaves find jobs

• It set up schools and colleges for African Americans

• All of the above

What were Jim Crow laws?

• Laws that protected members of the Ku Klux Klan

• Laws that kept African Americans and whites separate

• Laws that limited the rights of African Americans

• Laws that set the guidelines for sharecropping

All of the following are true about the Ku Klux Klan EXCEPT:

• They believe that white people are better than other races

• They used fear and violence to oppress African Americans

• It still exists as an organization today

• The members were well-known in a town

What does segregation mean?

• Keeping races separate

• Having racist beliefs towards white people

• The time period that came before reconstruction

• A system of farming that mistreated freed slaves

What was sharecropping?

• Laws passed in the Southern states to limit the rights of African Americans

• Laws passed in the Southern states to provide land to newly freed slaves

• A system of keeping the races separate

• A system of farming that mistreated freed slaves by having them essentially work for free