Freedmen's Bureau Part 2 Flashcards
Who only saw the land going to the Freedmen as lost revenues?
Wealthy southerners
The Freedmen didn’t want to what?
Be singled out by the government
Were schools successful in the south during reconstruction?
Yes
Why were neither the ten percent plan or the Wade- Davis Bill utilized?
Before congress could agree to either plan, Lincoln was assassinated.
Why was the Freedmen’s bureau only supposed to last for a year?
You are only supposed to have a year to become a citizen.
Who were the northerners that were teachers?
Women. This was when they started to get in the education workforce
What was one of the reasons the southern states seceded?
They saw the Freedmen’s bureau as a threat to their way of life in the post war south.
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Why was John Wilkes Booth probably the most stupid man in U.S. history?
He was a southern man and Lincoln was trying to help the south.
