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1
Q

How many Southern rebels were pardoned and why?

A

13,000 because advisors were unsympathetic to Black civil rights

2
Q

Were Southern rebels allowed to return to office?

A

Yes

3
Q

Was the 13th Amendment ratified?

A

No

4
Q

Did blacks get land?

A

No, they had to resort to sharecropping

5
Q

When was the Freedmen’s Bureau set up and how many agents were there for every 20,000 men?

A

1865 and 1 agent

6
Q

Where was the main area of improvement?

A

Education

7
Q

What diseases were there?

A

Smallpox, cholera, yellow fever and pneumonia

8
Q

Why did Southern states re-enter the Union?

A

To do what they want

9
Q

How many people killed in Texas between 1865-8?

A

1000 and none convicted

10
Q

What did ‘black codes’ mean?

A

AA’s can own property, draw contracts, sue attend school and marry. But could not vote, serve on a jury, give evidence against a white, carry arms or marry a white person

11
Q

What was good about the Freedmen’s Bureau?

A

It provide support and helped with careers

12
Q

When did the Freedmen’s Bureau shut down?

A

1872- there was a decline in Republicanism and Congress would not renew the mandate

13
Q

What types of work were AA’s restricted to?

A

Field work, cotton

14
Q

What were economic threats to AA’s?

A

They had to borrow money and sharecropping meant interest rates

15
Q

Were AA’s needed working in fields for economy?

A

Yes

16
Q

Were wages good?

A

No

17
Q

Why did Johnson want to control the South?

A

To free slaves and strengthen the Republican party