https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction How did Reconstruction affect African Americans in the South after the Civil War? (Who or what they were? How did each of these effect African Americans after the Civil War? Include a picture of each term.) en-us 2018-09-15 16:18:53 UTC 2018-09-21 12:31:17 UTC hello@padlet.com kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721243 Black Codes were laws created by Southerners that restricted the freedom of the freedmen much like slave codes had before the end of slavery. These codes kept the freedmen in positions of social political, and economic inferiority.]]> 2018-09-15 16:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721243 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721300 The KKK was a subversive group who practiced racial discrimination and intimidation. The goal was to use violence, intimidation, and voter fraud to keep African Americans from exercising their rights under the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments so that whites could regain control of state governments.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721300 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721337 A poll tax was a qualification for voting. Many southern states implemented these taxes to prevent
African Americans from voting.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721337 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721383 A voting law created by Southerners which stated that if your grandfather was able to vote, you could vote too. This permitted whites to vote and excluded blacks.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721383 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721406 Sharecropping is the type of farming where families would rent land from landowners to grow their crops.The families would only keep a small portion of the crops while the landowners kept the majority. This still kept the freedmen economically dependent on the landowners because they could not afford to 
purchase their own land.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721406 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721449 The Freedmen's Bureau was created to help protect the rights of the freedmen against the Black Codes. It provided food, clothing, medical care, education, and some protection from the hostile environment in the South. The Bureau helped many freedmen to find jobs, helped them to establish sharecropping relationships, and established over 1,000 schools throughout the South.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721449 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721484 Segregation is the isolation or separation of a group according to race, ethnic group, or class. The creation of Black Codes and subversive groups were intended to segregate the freedmen and keep them in positions of inferiority based on race.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721484 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721561 The Election of 1876 was one of the most controversial Presidential elections in US History. During this election, Democrats agreed to support the election of the Republican candidate in exchange for the removal of federal troops from the South. This resulted in the end of Reconstruction and African Americans were abandoned by the federal government.]]> 2018-09-15 16:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721561 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721605 Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved south, most of whom came as missionaries and entrepreneurs to help educate the freedmen. Southerners thought they were opportunists who came to take advantage of the war-torn south. All of their belongings brought with them were packed in carpetbags.]]> 2018-09-15 16:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721605 kristina_thomas1 https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721650 Scalawags were considered to be any Southerners who agreed with the Republican Plan for reconstruction. They joined in support of the Freedmen. ]]> 2018-09-15 16:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kristina_thomas1/reconstruction/wish/281721650