US Citizenship – Civil War and Reconstruction Flashcards
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What federal agency was created after the Civil War to assist formerly enslaved people?
Answer: The Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau, established in 1865, provided food, housing, education, and legal assistance to formerly enslaved people and poor white Southerners.
What were 'Black Codes' in the post-Civil War South?
Answer: Laws that restricted the rights and movement of freed Black people
Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict the freedoms of African Americans and keep them in cheap labor arrangements.
What political faction pushed for stronger Reconstruction policies to protect freed Black Americans?
Answer: Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans, who controlled Congress after 1866, pushed for harsher measures against the South and stronger civil rights protections for freed Black Americans.
What term described Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War to seek business or political opportunity?
Answer: Carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, often to take advantage of political or economic opportunities during Reconstruction.
In what year did Reconstruction officially end?
Answer: 1877
Reconstruction officially ended in 1877 following the Compromise of 1877, which withdrew federal troops from the South.
What agricultural system replaced slavery in the post-Civil War South but often trapped Black farmers in cycles of debt?
Answer: Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a system where farmers worked land owned by others in exchange for a share of the crop, often resulting in perpetual debt for Black workers.