What were the two main political parties of the 1870s?
Democrats and Republicans
What is a sharecropper?
A former slave who rented land and would share the crops picked with the land owner.
This is the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment.
to guarantee equal protection under the law for all former enslaved people
This was the purpose of "Black Codes."
To restrict and control African Americans
What does disenfranchise mean?
To take away the right to vote
Why were the Black Codes similar to old slave codes?
The South wanted to maintain control over the African Americans
What was the role of scalawags and carpetbaggers during the reconstruction in the South?
To shape new governments in the South
Who benefited from the Freedmen's Bureau?
Former enslaved people and poor, displaced Whites