Unit 10 - Reconstruction Flashcards
1
Q
How did the Civil War affect the South?
A
It left the south in financial ruin and divided it into 5 districts.
2
Q
Who were the Radical Republicans?
A
People who punished federal leaders and southerners for Civil War.
3
Q
What are black codes?
A
Laws that limited the new freedom of former slaves.
4
Q
What is Sharecropping?
A
The farming system where former slaves and poor whites were trapped in a cycle of debt.
5
Q
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?
A
It helped newly freed slaves by providing education, clothing, and jobs.
