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Reconstruction Area
AMerican History 1865 - Present
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the first attempts to establish order in the South was the creation of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, also known as the __________ Bureau. | Freedmen’s |
| Depending upon the state, these laws generally restricted the right to own property, controlled where blacks were allowed to live, established a curfew, and forced blacks to work as agricultural laborers or as domestics. | Black Codes |
| The typical arrangement provided that the freedman was responsible for producing the crop and paid for the tenancy with a portion of it at the end of the season. This system, however, was ultimately unfair. | Sharecropping |
| June 19, 1866, the _________ had been passed by both the U.S. Senate and the House, and was awaiting ratification by the states in order for its incorporation into the U.S. Constitution. | 14th Amendment |
| The ____________ terrorized southern Republican governments, black voters, and black political leaders through acts of violence that included murder and torture | Ku Klux Klan |
| Although black men were already given the right to vote in southern states by the Reconstruction Act, Republicans wanted to make sure this right would never be stripped away. | 15th Amendment |