Freedman's Bureau
15th Admendment
ensures all citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or privious conditions of servituded (suffrage-right to vote)
14th Admendment
grants citizenship to all persons born in the US and guarantees them egual protectin under the law (due process)
African Americans promised land
on the coast of SC, GA, and FL. "40 acres and a mule" but land was returned to confederate soldiers
Carpetbaggers
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Freedmen's Bureau
An agency created by the goverment that helped and protected newly freed african americans find jobs, homes, education, and a better life
Sharecropping
a result of many AA not having work and working for their former owners. landowners change workers rent and crops for living expenses an using the land and tools
Civil Rights Act 1866
anyone born in the US is a citizen with equal rights-but no real penalties for not obeying
13th Admendment
bans slavery in the US and any of its territories