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What Bureau was the first government-funded program to help freemen and poor whites with their everyday problems?
Freedmen's Bureau
Former confederates turned to drastic measures as a saw to get revenge and bring a return to their normal life before the Civil War. These tactics resulted in the creation of what group?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Problems faced by West Virginia included what?
1. Boundary disputes
2. A debt to Virginia
3. Location of the state capital
4. Voting rights.
Our capital was sometimes called what?
The capitol on wheels.
Why did Politicians support companies instead of unions?
Wealthy businessman donated money to their election campaigns.
What two things did white southerners do to try and make freemen unable to vote?
They created a poll tax and a literacy test.
What is a blacklist?
What is a scab?
is workers who work in place of regular workers who went on strike.
What is a strike?
collective refusal by employees to work under the conditions required by employers.
What three states did West Virginia have boundary disputes with?
1. Ohio
2. Virginia
3. Maryland
What four problems did free slaves have after the Civil War?
1. No Money
2. No Education
3. No Job
4. No Shelter
Name three laws that were created because of the creation of the Black Codes.
Sunrise to Sunset working. Six days a week. Permitted whipping. Imprisonment if freedmen did not have jobs. Took away the right to vote. Freedmen could not testify against Whites. No marriage between two races.
After the Civil War, the Confederates lost what right?
Right to vote. Practice Law. Serve as jurors. Sue in Court. Defend themselves in Lawsuits. Lost their land.
Which Amendment gave voting rights to all men no matter their race?
15th Amendment
The Debt to Virginia was paid after how many years of waiting?
80 years.
Which Amendment returned voting rights to the confederates? It is named after a former senator
The Flick Amendment
How much did West Virginia believe they owed Virginia?
1 millions dollars