ended slavery in the United States forever Congress set up an organization to help former slaves by providing education food and other supplies The name of this organization was Freedmens Bureau ID: 354082
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The 13th Amendment officially
ended slavery in the United States foreverSlide2
Congress set up an organization to help former slaves by providing education, food, and other supplies. The name of this organization was
Freedmen’s BureauSlide3
The amendment added to the Constitution which provided citizenship rights for all former slaves and was a response to the Black Codes was the
14thSlide4
President Lincoln’s plan for uniting the country after the Civil War was for
Confederate states to set up new governments and rejoin the UnionSlide5
The Black Codes set up in the South after the Civil War were intended to
limit the travel, voting, and working rights of newly freed African AmericansSlide6
Congress wanted tough laws passed that were strict towards Southern states. President Johnson objected to these laws and refused to carry them out which led to his
impeachment trialsSlide7
An immediate effect of the Fifteenth Amendment was
African Americans began taking part in government by running for office and votingSlide8
Identify the true statement about Reconstruction in the South
many were poor and it was hard to earn a livingSlide9
A system that developed in the South to keep the plantations operating after
slavery ended was
sharecroppingSlide10
Sharecropping was similar to slavery in that the sharecroppers
remained in debt to the landowner and were not independentSlide11
The official end of Reconstruction occurred when
President Hayes ordered the government soldiers to leave the South Slide12
In an attempt to keep African Americans from exercising their rights
guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, Southern states passed laws to force the separation of races. These laws were known as
Jim Crow LawsSlide13
In 1871 African Americans asked Congress for protection from which group?
Ku Klux KlanSlide14
How did the government help construct the transcontinental railroad?
Congress gave the companies land and moneySlide15
The Central Pacific Railroad hired many Chinese workers and
paid less than other workersSlide16
How did western farmers use the railroad to make money?
shipped cattle and wheat to markets in the eastSlide17
Which words best describe the Great Plains?
flat and drySlide18
How did the government help encourage farmers to settle the Great Plains?
granting 160 acres for little money down and live there for five yearsSlide19
What was the name given to African American homesteaders?
Exodusters