freedmen
what were freedmen doing in the west in the 1900s?
Two all-black U.S. Cavalry units known as the "Buffalo Soldiers" fought on the front lines of the Indian wars
what were the freedmen in the south treated like?
"Not only were they pushed from the South by racism and poverty, but they were pulled by the lure of better opportunities and more equal treatment. Some sought a new life as wage earners by migrating to cities in the North where they competed for jobs with recent immigrants from Europe and often faced racism, if not Southern-style segregation."
what were the north freedmen doing in the early 1900s
the north had people running churches and schools and modern biusnesses and industral jobs
what was education like in the early 1900s
communities also banded together to build schools and colleges for black children. Because of these efforts, literacy among African Americans rose rapidly. When slavery ended in 1865, only 5 percent of African Americans could read. By 1900, more than 50 percent could read and write!