Reconstruction Era Day 6

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What often left freedmen and poor whites in a cycle of debt?

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Sharecropping

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The _________________________________________________________________ helped black southerners adjust to freedom.

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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The _________________________________________________________________ allowed African American men to vote in elections at all levels of government.

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Fifteenth Amendment

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_____________________________ were laws that put restrictions on freedmen in the South.

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Black codes

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The ___________________________________________________________ was acquired after the U.S.-Mexican War.

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Mexican Cession

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The ____________________________________________________________ was acquired from the British in a treaty, and it helped the U.S. fulfill its goal of Manifest Destiny.

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Oregon Territory

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Specific example of how the Freedmen's Bureau supported former slaves.

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Education was provided to freedmen.

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How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

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By keeping renters in debt to landlords.

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How did the Freedmen's Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

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By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves.

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Irish and Chinese immigrants are best remembered for performing which type of labor during the late nineteenth century?

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building railroads in western territories