The End of Reconstruction
What happened when the Northern troop left the South?
Freedmen lost their protection.
Who were freedmen?
They were people who used to be slaves.
Reconstruction
Means to rebuild.
What were churches like BEFORE the Civil War?
Had both black and white members.
What is a society?
Is a group of people who live and work together and have similar cultures and beliefs.
What did the freedmen do after Reconstruction?
Left their plantations, looked for work, looked for their family
Industry
Is the making of things or providing of services for the purpose of making money.
How could enslaved people attend church?
The slave attended with his master.
What is corruption?
Dishonesty. There was corruption in the N and S during Reconstruction.
What did most freedmen want to happen so they could work as free people?
Be repaid for their many years of hard work; own land
Assassinated
To murder, usually in a surprise attack.
Where did the slaves/black people sit in the church?
In the back.
Who was Thomas Nast?
An artist who drew pictures of people who were corrupt.
What did the 14th Amendment do for the freedmen?
Made freedmen citizens
Freedmen's Bureau
Powerful organization that was suppose to help anyone who lost their home during the Civil War.
What did the Freedmen want for their own churches?
Black pastors, and to sit anywhere.
What is Sharecropping?
Landowners allowed poor white and black farmers to rent land. In return for a share of the crops.
What was the most infamous group that threatened and hurt freedmen?
Ku Klux Klan
Carpetbagger
Northerners in the South who were looking for work..carried a bag that looked like a carpet (cheap suitcase)
What did the Southerners want for the churches during Reconstruction?
They did not want change. The Southerners wanted the churches to function as they always had.
The Northerners went bankrupt during the Reconstruction. What does it mean to go bankrupt?
Not being able to pay back money that is owed.