AFRICAN AMERICANS TRY TO BETTER THEMSELVES THE POST CIVIL WAR WORLD

1) ______________________ = a person freed from slavery Most had no __________________ or _________ 2) Many _______________________________ tried to limit freedoms of African Americans. 3) In March 1865, Congress set up the _________________________________ - The first ____________________ office to help people in need. It gave _____________________________________ to freed slaves and poor __________________, and helped people find ________________ FREEDMAN EDUCATIONJOBS WHITE SOUTHERNERS FREEDMEN’S BUREAU FEDERAL FOOD, CLOTHING AND MEDICINE WHITES JOBS

4)The bureau started _________________ - Many African Americans could not __________________________. By 1869, ___________ African Americans attended them. 5)After __________________ ended, African Americans looked for _____________________ who had been sold. _____________ married legally and ___________________ went to school. Freedmen took the _______________________________ jobs such as digging wells and laying sewers. Some African Americans did ________________ but many could not afford it. SCHOOLS READ OR WRITE 300,000 SLAVERY FAMILY MEMBERS COUPLES CHILDREN HARDEST AND MOST DANGEROUS BUY LAND

6) Many African Americans returned to _________________ where they were slaves. Many landowners were too __________ and could not __________ their workers. ___________________________ began – A person was able to _________________ the land and pay a ________________ of the harvest for ____________. They had to buy ______________________________________________. Usually they had just enough money to pay for ___________ and ___________. PLANTATIONS POOR PAY SHARECROPPING FARM SHARE RENT SEED, TOOLS, FOOD, AND CLOTHING RENT FOOD

7) In 1869, Congress passed the _______________________________ - the right of a person to vote could not be denied “on account of race, color and previous servitude”. Congress passed laws against the ______________________________ as well. 15 th AMENDMENT KU KLUX KLAN

8) In 1868, ____________________________ was elected President (as well as in 1872) He supported _____________________________. By 1868, many ___________________________ did not. By 1872, Grant wanted to take all ____________________________ out of the South. In 1876, ______________________________ was elected President. He promised to ___________________________ from the South – ___________________________ came to an end. ULYSSES S. GRANT RECONSTRUCTION RADICAL REPUBLICANS UNION (FEDERAL) TROOPS RUTHERFORD B. HAYES REMOVE ALL TROOPS RECONSTRUCTION

9)By the early 1880s, southern states took away ______________________________. A ___________________ was created in order to pay to vote. __________________________ were also created to segregate (separate) the races. Whites and blacks were separated in ________________________________________ ________________________________________ 10) Innocent African Americans were _________________________ for crimes they did not commit. RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS POLL TAX JIM CROW LAWS HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND ON TRAINS LYNCHED / HANGED

AFRICAN AMERICAN VOCABULARY Freedman – a person freed from slavery Sharecropping – farming someone else’s land while paying a share of the crops raised for rent. Poll Tax – a tax paid before someone can vote