Reconstruction Flashcards
Who made freedmans bureau
Lincoln
What was the job of freedmans bureau
Provide social services for blacks
Freedmans bureau
Federal agency that set up schools and hospitals for backs and distributed clothing, food, and fuel throughout the south. Blacks had no way to support them self and they relied on their masters to provide the basic essential of life
Black codes are written laws
Yes
Black codes
Limited freedom of former slaves•you had to have proof of work or they put you to work on a plantation. Southerners refused to let black meet in larger groups or carry guns•many thought these codes put blacks back into legal slavey
40 acres and mule
Sherman divided abandoned southern land into 40 acre lots and this land would be given to freedman to own and farm. Most freeman received no land and those that did had to give it back to the owners. Freedman had to rely on their former masters for land and their economic future
What amendment does 40 acres and make violate
5th ammendment
Contract system
In order to make money, freedman returned to the farms they used to work for for free and began to work them for money. They with the help of freedmans bureau would create a contract that promised money for the job they did on the farm. Many freedman were cheated out of their wages and were not able to leave the farm without permission for fear of being punished for breaking their contract
Sharecropping
System where workers rent land from large land owners and the land owner provides tools, seeds, and housing.
In return the worker gave the land owner a share of the crop. Land owner wanted to grow cash crops to make money while workers wanted to grow food for their family. In order to feed their family, sharecroppers had to purchase goods from a local store and it was usually on credit. Most sharecroppers went into debt in order to survive. They would have to use the crops produced that year to pay of their debts from last year
What did south rely heavily on and what did this make the south
Relied heavily of imported food. Made south and extremely poor area
KKK
Created in 1866 by white southern planters who wanted to restore the Democratic Party in the south. Wanted to scare blacks away from the polls and political power.
Lynching
The klansman would wear hoods to cover their identity and capture blacks. They would then kill them on the spot for a crime they supposedly committed
13th amendment
July 31,1865
Ended slavery
Why did some dislike the contract system
Similar to slavery with pay
