Things Flashcards
What kind o land did tenants farm?
Land they rented.
Finding relatives was a major issue for who following the civil war?
Slaves
What were tenant farmers pressured to plant?
Cash crops like tobacco and cotton.
Once they were free, many African Americans chose family names based on their former slaveholder a and from what?
An ancestor or hero.
Many of the young women who went south to teach formally enslaved people had been involved in the movements to end slavery and for what?
Women’s rights.
What was the college for African Americans?
Hampton Institute, Fisk University, and Howard University as well as many more.
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?
It helped African Americans get used to their freedom.
What did president Lincoln believe the main reason for reconstruction was?
To reunite the country.
What proposed putting the South under military rule?
Wade-Davis Bill of 1864.
What amendment was concerned with the right to vote?
15th amendment.
What was the Jim crows laws?
Seperated African Americans and whites.
In the agreement following the Compromise of 1877, the south was promised that a southerner would become what?
A postmaster general.
What party was favored in the north during reconstruction?
Republicans.
What party was favored in the south during reconstruction?
Democrats.
Define segregation.
Enforcing the separation of racial groups in schooling, housing, and other public areas.
