African-Americans

Question 1

Positives

Answer 1

• No longer slaves.
• Could vote.
• Granted equality under the law.
• Freedmen’s Bureau helped them
find employment and education.

Question 2

Negatives

Answer 2

• KKK formed in 1865.
• KKK prevented
African-Americans from voting.
• Colfax Massacre (1873).
• Many are last to be hired. Work
poor jobs. ‘Serfdom’.
• Black Codes (1865-1866): Basic
rights but severe limitations.
•Jim Crow Laws.