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What was "40 acres and a mule"? | General Sherman's failed plan to give land to the freedmen |
What was sharecropping? | a system under which landowners exchanged land for labor, allowing freedmen to farm the land in exchange for part of the crops |
How did sharecropping affect the freedmen? | Although it did allow them a little independence, it kept most in constant debt and poverty. |
What is another name for the Bureau for Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands? | The Freedmen's Bureau |
Who did the Freedmen's Bureau help? | all people in the South in need, especially the poor freedmen. |
How did the Freedmen's Bureau help those in need? | It provided food, clothing, medical care, education, and some protection from hostile whites in the South |
What was the most important contribution of the Freedmen's Bureau? | It established over 1,000 schools in the South |
What was the KKK? | The Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist group that used violence and intimidation to keep African Americans down. |