When the US Constitution passed that freed all the remaining slaves in the US and even slave-owning states that had remained within the Union (Delaware)
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What year did the North win the American Civil War and fully secured the Union?
1865
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1863 Emancipation Proclamation had already asserted the freedom of the dslaves in the rebel states however...
The slaves were free but did not have equal rights (this was due to the real motive of the war, not the abolition of slavery)
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What did the US Government do?
They improved the lives of black people in the South.
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The Freedman's Bureau of March 1865:
When slaves were offered education, food,shelter and medical care, although it was poorly funded and therefore ineffective and eventually closed in 1872
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After Lincoln's assassination Andrew Johnson became President of the US, what was his views/attitude?
He had an easy-gping attitude towards the South. He was a Democrat and had been pro-slavery and was in full support of the Union.
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What was Sharecropping system?
When profit was shared between the plantation owner and the former slaves.
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What did the unreliable nature of payments meant for the workers?
It meant that the workers were frequently ended up in debt.
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"Black Codes"
Penalised former slaves who did not work in the traditional sectors of farming or as a servant. This was done by heavily taxing any black workers in other industries, though there was growing dissent amongst Republican anti-slavery politicians.
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What was the feelings/ideas of the Black Codes?
Many felt that Andrew Johnson was too lenient towards the South and wanted to see full racial equality and firmer punishments for the Confederate leaders.
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What did the 1866 US Parliamentary houses approving a civil rights bill mean/allow?
It would allow citizenshio to all those born in the USA, exlcuding Native Americans-0 this safeguarded black Americans against the predigests they faced.
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March 1866;
Andrew Johnson used his presidential powers to challenge and block the bill, however an alliance was formed between the vetoes and the Civil Rights Act passed.
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What happened in 1868?
the 14th Amendment was passed and guaranteed the legal and civil rights of all black Americans, racial equality had taken another significant step forward.
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Card 2
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1865
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What year did the North win the American Civil War and fully secured the Union?
Card 3
Front
The slaves were free but did not have equal rights (this was due to the real motive of the war, not the abolition of slavery)
Back
Card 4
Front
They improved the lives of black people in the South.
Back
Card 5
Front
When slaves were offered education, food,shelter and medical care, although it was poorly funded and therefore ineffective and eventually closed in 1872
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