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