Life After Slavery

Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 

• being sued by someone else

• suing for his freedom

• being in the military

• being a famous doctor

Choose all options that are correct: How did life change for African Americans after the Civil War?

• Slavery was abolished

• They were treated equally and fairly in the South

• They were granted voting rights in the Constitution

• They were assimilated into white society in the South

Choose all options that are correct: How did life remain the same for African Americans after the Civil War?

• Still denied voting rights through poll taxes and literacy tests

• Still discriminated against through Jim Crow Laws and black codes

• Still worked on plantations through sharecropping

• Still considered property in the eyes of the law

Rebuilding of something that has been damaged or destroyed. It was the remaking of the Southern United States after they lost their war of rebellion and slavery was officially ended and is marked by three constitutional amendments aimed at expanding the civil rights of African Americans.

• Reanimation

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

• Dred Scott Decision

True or False: Life was easy when once enslaved people escaped to the North

• True

• False

What is one way the legacy of slavery is still felt today?

• Everyone has equal opportunities

• There are no more racial issues

• There are ongoing discussions about racial equality

• Slavery is still legal

How did life differ in the North for people who had escaped slavery?

• Racism was rare

• There were fewer white people

• African Americans had equal rights

• Slavery was illegal

As reconstruction ended and white southerners regained power, they worked to strip African Americans of their voting and civil rights. One way was to require a fee to be paid before voting. Many poor African Americans could not use their limited means to vote, giving more power to white southerners.

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Voter Fee Act

• Sharecropping

As reconstruction ended and white southerners regained power, they worked to strip African Americans of their voting and civil rights. One way was to require voters to demonstrate that they could read and write in order to vote. This impacted many African Americans that had been denied educational opportunities during the period of slavery.

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Segregation

System that started as a positive opportunity for African Americans but ended in a situation just like slavery. A white plantation owner rented plots of land to African Americans, loaned them seed and supplies, and the African American worked the land hoping to make enough money to pay off the loan and earn a profit. Instead, they usually ended up in debt and working for free.

• Jim Crow Laws

• Segregation

• Sharecropping

• Poll Tax