Unit 5 Civil War and Reconstruction/ Aspinwall

Purpose of the Freeman's Bureau was to help who?

• War Veterans

• Former slaves and poor whites

• Only Former Slaves

• Help all Southerns

Answer explanation

The Freedman's Bureau help BOTH slaves and former slaves.

What did the 15th Amendment accomplish?

• Gave Black Males the right to Vote

• Gave blacks citizenship

• Abolished Slavery and freed the All Slaves

What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?

• Gave Black Males the right to Vote

• Gave blacks citizenship

• Abolished Slavery and freed the All Slaves

What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?

• Gave Black Males the right to Vote

• Gave blacks citizenship

• Abolished Slavery and freed the All Slaves

After the Civil War, how did Freedman and other poor whites without land try to make a living?

• Sharecropping and tenant farming

• Most moved to the North to find jobs

• Started a

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• They sold personal possessions on local Markets

When sharecropping the landowners would allow

a Freedman to work a part of his land.

What did the Freedman get for raising a crop on that land?

• The Freedman would get a portion of the crop.

• He would get free rent and food

• He would get the chance to buy the land later.

Sharecropper have trouble making money because at the end of the year they had to settle debts for EVERYTHING they borrowed from the landowner.

Items included tools, use of animals to plow, fertilizer,

seeds, rent on home and food for the Freedman's family.

• True

• False

How was a Tenant Farmer differ from a sharecropper?

• There was no difference

• The tenant farmer already owned some thing so he did not have to rent everything

• The tenant farming had to borrow everything

What was the fate of most Freedman?

• They found jobs in construction to help rebuild the SOuto

• They mostly moved to the North to find work.

• Many were forced to work the fields as tenant farmers and sharecroppers

• They were allowed to find any work they wanted.

Which Reconstruction Plan is being described?

- Supported by the radical Republic Republicans

- Put Georgia under Martial Law (Military Occupation)

- Required Southern States to pass the 14th Amendment

• Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan

• Johnson's Reconstruction Plan

• Congressional Reconstruction Plan