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What was the US military organization that was designed to help newly freed slaves after the US Civil War?
A federal agency under the control of the US Army and military governors, the Freedman's Bureau or Freedmen's Bureauwas established by Congress as suggested by Abraham Lincoln in 1865.The actual name of the agency was the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. It was disbanded in 1872.
What three events or trends that led to the collapse of Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War and why?
There were several events that led to the collapse of Reconstruction in the South. The first was the weakening and eventual end of the Freedman's' Bureau, which had acted as an advocate for the newly freed slaves on many levels. Next, was a weak president, Andrew Johnson, who appeased the former Confederate states by removing federal military districts. Another reason was the shift from the Radical Republican representation in Congress, to the Liberal/Republican party who were not as interested the plight of the newly freed slaves.
After the Civil War a major goal of the Radical Republicans in Congress was to?
gain voting right for the newly freed slaves
What was the impact of changing nature of labor and land ownership in the post civil war?
Following the U.S. Civil War, the Radical Republicans attempted to put a land reform through Congress, promising, 40 acres and a mule, to newly-freed blacks in the South, which was rejected by moderate elements as socialistic. This failure left blacks without an economic base, and was one of the key contributing factors to the development of sharecropping and segregation Pay me, fools. XD
How did the republican government change legislation in southern states?
The Republican government changed legislation in southern states by giving the newly freed slaves, businessmen and soldiers the right to vote. This lead to the poor south turning to violence to regain democratic powers to oppress the newly freed blacks.
