Civil War Aftermath Flashcards
(20 cards)
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?
Made all people born in the USA citizens; banned denying rights based on race
What did the 14th Amendment state?
All men were equal under thaw law; no seperate laws for blacks and whites.
What was the requirement for Southern states to rejoin the union?
They had to accept the 14th amendment?
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?
Set up hospitals and distrubited 21 million food rations
Helped legal and labor cases for freed slaves
Built schools and helped ex-slaves get fair pay.
What challenges did the Bureau face?
Southern whites opposited it and resented Northern interference
Some believed Black Americans couldn’t learn
Employers disliked being forced to give fair contracts.
What did President Johnson do to the Bureau in 1865?
Returned confiscated land to ex-slaveowners, weakening the Bureau.
Why did the Bureau fail as a social welfare provider?
Lack of funding, local resistance, and opposition from Conservatives.
What were the Black Codes?
Laws made by Southern States after the Civil War to limit rights of black people.
What rights did the Black Codes allow?
Sue or be sued.
Attend court and marry.
Go to school
What rights did the Black Codes deny?
Voting, jury service, office holding, carrying weapons.
What were some state-specific codes?
License needed to farm in South Carolina
Blacks couldn’t live in towns withouth a Job in Georgia
Forced year-long labor contracts in Liuisiana.
What was sharecropping?
Ex-slaves worked land in exchange for crops; stayed poor and tied to the land.
Who were carpetbaggers/
Northerners who moved south after the war to buy land or make money
How were carpetbagger seen?
At first welcomed, later hated as opportunists.
What was the KKK?
An extreme WASP group who opposed blacks, catholics, jews, etc.
What did the KK claim they were protecting?
The American way of life.
Why did people join the KK?
Racism and fear of crime.
Religious belief and that they were doing “God’s work.”
Peer pressure and FOMO
What tacticts did the Klan use?
Cross burnings, lynching, secret codes, intimidation
Who were the White Knights of Camelia?
A secret Southern group like the KKK, made of Confederate elites.
What did the White Knights of Camelia support?
White supremacy and opposition to Republican government,
