chapter 12 (AA studies) – Flashcards
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what was the main purpose of the freedom bureau
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it was designed to help assist the newly freed slaves
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what happened to circular 13 and special field order #15
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they were both revoked
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who became president after Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
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the ______ became the most important institution to blacks after reconstruction
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church
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why did the freedmen bureau try to get blacks to sign labor contracts with white landowners
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it was pressing for economic stability in the area
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what was a common feature of many sharecropping agreements
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all of these are correct
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why did the newly freed slaves organize their own churches
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all are correct
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which determination was especially fast growing in the south after reconstruction
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African Methodist episcopal
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which of the following statements is true about the importance of education to blacks after reconstruction
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they saw education and freedom as closely linked
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what was not true about northern teachers, black or white, who came to south to teach
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they rarely felt connection to their students
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what were some of the limitations of black teachers in the south
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they were often poorly educated themselves
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what do berea, Hampton, tougaloo and avery college have in common
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they were black schools established by religious orginizations
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which of the following was a black college established after the civil war
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morehouse
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which of the following is true about racially integrated schools in the south in the decades following reconstruction
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no intergrated schools were established immeditaley
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why was there so much violence in the south after reconstruction
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white southerners were frustrated by their loss during civil war
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which black man was selected from south carolina to participate in the 1864 republican national convention
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robert smalls
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how did johnson treat the former confederates
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he treated them with extreme leniency
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which of the following was not a part of the "black codes"?
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they restricted black occupations and labor with employment contracts
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why did many blacks meet in conventions in 1865 and 1866 across the south
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to protest the black codes
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why did many oppose the land bill Thaddeus Stevens introduces in congress in late 1865
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they felt that property rights of southerners were more important
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what was true about the provisions of the civil rights act of 1866
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it was intended to make black codes illegal
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what did the fourteenth amendment not do
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it explicitly gave black men the right to vote
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how did women's suffragists feel about the fourteenth amendment
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they felt betrayed and angry
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what effect did the first reconstruction act have on black political power
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it stated that all adult adult males could vote
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some feel that blacks became apathetic and content after receiving the right to vote. what evidence do we have that this statement is not true?
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blacks initiated sit-ins, labor strikes etc
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