Life after Slavery Post Civil War Now that

Now that slavery was over, African Americans had 2 main problems. 1. They were

So the United States government established the Freedmen ’s Bureau.

Freedmen ’s The Bureau was an organization that provided freed slaves with food, clothing,

To make a living, many slaves became sharecroppers.

What was sharecropping? Sharecropping was when landowners gave the workers (freed slaves) supplies and

Life did not get better for freed slaves just because slavery was outlawed. African

After the slaves were freed, the Jim Crow Laws were passed. The Jim Crow

The Jim Crow Laws made Southerners happy because the laws still kept white and

The South also tried to keep black people from voting. This was called disenfranchisement.

The South told me I can’t vote if I don’t pay all the The

Remember, just because slavery was outlawed in the south, life was still very difficult

Let’s Review 1. What were the two main problems that African Americans had even

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Life after Slavery Post Civil War

Now that slavery was over, African Americans had 2 main problems. 1. They were uneducated. 2. They were unemployed.

So the United States government established the Freedmen ’s Bureau.

Freedmen ’s The Bureau was an organization that provided freed slaves with food, clothing, medicine, and other supplies.

To make a living, many slaves became sharecroppers.

What was sharecropping? Sharecropping was when landowners gave the workers (freed slaves) supplies and a place to live. Then, at harvest time, the landowner would give the freed slave a share of the crop. This was not very helpful to the freed slaves. They did not make very much money.

Life did not get better for freed slaves just because slavery was outlawed. African Americans were still discriminated against. Let’s take a moment to discuss what “discriminated” means.

After the slaves were freed, the Jim Crow Laws were passed. The Jim Crow Laws made it legal to maintain separate facilities for blacks and whites.

The Jim Crow Laws made Southerners happy because the laws still kept white and black people segregated. Let’s take a moment to discuss what “segregated” means.

The South also tried to keep black people from voting. This was called disenfranchisement.

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Remember, just because slavery was outlawed in the south, life was still very difficult for African Americans after the Civil War.

Let’s Review 1. What were the two main problems that African Americans had even after slavery was outlawed? 2. What was the Freedmen ’s Bureau? 3. What were the Jim Crow Laws? 4. What was sharecropping ? How was it beneficial to African Americans? What were its drawbacks? 5. How did white people attempt to keep African Americans from voting? 6. Define: segregation discrimination disenfranchisement

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