Chapter 12 Review

By the __________, sharecropping was the dominant agricultural system in the South.

1870s

Former slaves understood that __________ was inseparable from freedom.

Education

__________ worked with the Freedmen's Bureau to organize schools in the South.

Northern Religious Organizations

Former slaves soon discovered that the acquisition of land depended on __________.

The invention of the federal government

Once in office, Andrew Johnson __________.

blocked efforts to distribute land to freedmen

In the decades following the Civil War, the __________ became the most important African-American institutions.

family and the church

After the Civil War, most former slaves __________.

organized their own churches

The many advertisements for missing persons in black newspapers following the Civil War was a testimony to __________.

the strength of familial ties among ex-slaves

Under the terms of Special Field Order #15, each black family received 40 acres of land and __________.

the use of an army mule

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

to help newly freed slaves transition to freedom