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What was the significance of Special order 15?
What was the significance of Special order 15?
- It established black churches for former slaves
- It helped to create tension between whites and blacks
- It declared land for freed slaves in the South
- It offered 40 acres and a mule to former slaves (correct)
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
- To establish a working free labor system in the South
- To create tension between whites and blacks in the South
- To provide assistance in health and education to former slaves (correct)
- To revert the South back to the pre-Civil War status quo
What type of farm tendency is associated with the sharecropping system?
What type of farm tendency is associated with the sharecropping system?
- Renting or contracting with the owner (correct)
- Ownership of large plantations
- Equal distribution of land among former slaves
- Direct government control
What were the Black Codes as mentioned in the text?
What were the Black Codes as mentioned in the text?
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Bill of 1866?
What was the outcome of the 14th amendment?
What was the outcome of the 14th amendment?
What was one of the main actions taken during Radical Reconstruction (1867 and on)?
What was one of the main actions taken during Radical Reconstruction (1867 and on)?
What was Andrew Johnson's stance on helping former slaves?
What was Andrew Johnson's stance on helping former slaves?
What was one of the main goals of the Freedmen's Bureau?
What was one of the main goals of the Freedmen's Bureau?
What characterized sharecropping contracts?
What characterized sharecropping contracts?
What did President Johnson fail to say anything about?
What did President Johnson fail to say anything about?