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Question | Answer |
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Which Reconstruction amendment declared the rights of a male citizen to vote? | 15th |
Which Reconstruction amendment freed slaves everywhere? | 13th |
Which Reconstruction amendment recognized the citizenship of African Americans | 14th |
Which Reconstruction amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision? | 14th |
Which Reconstruction amendment resulted in Blacks being able to vote and hold political office? | 15th |
Which Reconstruction amendment recognized the rights of all citizens to "due process of the law"? | 14th |
What did many freedmen do after emancipation? | They went to look for family members, but soon returned to the plantation. |
Was the "forty acres and a mule" plan effective in helping the freedmen? Why or why not? | It was not effective because the federal government gave the white owners back their land. |
What was another name for the Bureau for Refugees, Freemen and Abandoned Lands? | the Freedmen's Bureau |
What was sharecropping? | a system in which freedmen worked on white men's land, giving them half their crops in return |
How did sharecropping affect freedmen? | It kept them in debt to the white landowner so they couldn't leave and were kept in poverty. |
How did the Freedmen's Bureau affect African Americans? | It provided food, clothing, medical care and schools for the freedmen. |
How did the 13th Amendment affect African Americans? | It meant that ALL Blacks were free, not just the ones in the Confederate states. |
How did the 14th Amendment affect African Americans? | It recognized the rights of African Americans as the same as all citizens of the US. |
How did the 15th Amendment affect African Americans? | It allowed Blacks to have political power by electing their own representatives. |