Chapter 14 HW Quiz

What does the Freedmen's Bureau Bill say about northern white views toward freedmen after the Civil War?

Steeped in racism and stereotypes

What was an unintended consequence of the sharecropping system in the South?

Cyclical poverty

In what way is this conflict over land ownership indicative of the Reconstruction era more broadly?

It proves the complexities of being free.

Based on Colonel Eliphalet Whittlesey's report, what were the fears of aouthern whites that he was trying to address in his statement?

Mass exodus of freedmen, leaving no laborers

Who stood to benefit the most from the contract between Willis P. Bocock and his former slaves?

Mr. Bocock

How do the freedmen expect to receive the title to the property?

Only after slaves pay for the tracts

How does the artist depict the freedman in the Freedmen's Bureau Bill?

Sloppily dressed and lazy

How do the petitioners justify their claim to the land that they do not own?

They were loyal to the United States when slave owners were not.

What is the biggest difference between the message of Whittlesey's report and the Freedmen's Bureau Bill?

The depiction of freedmen

In addition to the Freedmen's Bureau, to what does Whittlesey attribute much of the smooth transition between war and peace for the freedmen?

The paternalism and kindness of former slave owners

How might the workday of the sharecroppers compare to that of the same people when they were slaves?

The work itself was the same, but the circumstances improved slightly.