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Position of slaves after the Civil War (Positives (Sharecropping (Special…
Position of slaves after the Civil War
Positives
Amendments that were made
13th Amendment
except for punishment as a crime
abolished slavery
involuntary servitude
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to ex-slaves
established civil rights
15th Amendment
granted African American men the right to vote
Gave more rights to former slaves
Freemen's Bureau
Helped slaves after the Civil War
Provided food
Medical aid
Offered Legal Assistance
Give slaves free land
Lawyers
Offered Economic help
Made schools for them
Free housing
Sharecropping
Offered jobs for ex slaves
A type of farming where people rent and sell plots of land from a landowner in return for some of their crops
union donated to help this idea out
Special Field number 15
A plan the gave freed families 40 acres of land in Georgia
Negatives
Black Codes
Restricted Equality
Blacks worked for very cheap
Restricted Political RIghts
Only men were aloud to vote
Made sure they couldn't buy land
Restrictions
If they broke any rules they would go to jail
work but will make no money
White Supremacy groups
Ku Klux Klan
Group of white people
Mainly intimidated black men
Would make small violent acts in the shadows
Wanted to restore white supremacy
Red Shirts
Paramilitary groups
Military for all the white supremists
Prevented Civil rights to African Americans