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What did most Progressives pay little attention to regarding African Americans?
Conditions for African Americans in the south.
In the 1700s what was the major reason there were more African Americans enslaved in the south than in the north?
The South had the big plantations which needed a huge work force. The North had factories which didn't need quite as much unskilled labor.
How many African Americans left the South between World War 1 and 1930?
1.3 million African-Americans left the south.
Why did African Americans move away from the south?
The African-Americans tried to escape from the South because the South had slave states. They tried to get to the North because those were free states.
Why do you think enslaved African Americans living in the South were able to preserve parts of Africans culture as well as build African American cukture?
Because they were socially segregated from the whites - so the traditonal songs and legends would tend to come down through the generations.
Which section north or south had enslaved African Americans why?
South enslaved because they needed people to pick the cotton and other harvest
Many enslaved African Americans escaped from the south to freedom with the help of the?
Underground railroad
What government agancy set up schools and helped formerly enslaved African Americans in the South?
The Freedman's Bureau had the specific mission to help formerly enslaved African Americans transition to new lives. The Freedman's Bureau set up several schools for African Americans.
Which section north or south had enslaved African Americans?
The southern half of the country kept the African-Americans as slaves. The northern states never engaged in that kind of behavior.
Why did the enslaved African Americans indirectly help the South in the Civil War?
because they thought everyone should be equal.
What government agency set up schools and helped formerly enslaved African Americans in the South?
Freedmen's Bureau
What government agency set up schools and help formerly enslaved African-Americans in the south?
Freedmen's Bureau
What did most Progressives pay little attention to regarding African Americans?
Conditions for African Americans in the south.
What practice led to slavery in Georgia?
Slavery devoloped in Georgia because the people in Georgia needed more farmers, so they borrowed enslaved African Americans from South Carolina. Then increased the number of slaves in Georgia.
Why did free African Americans in the south need a certificate of freedom?
Free African Americans in the South needed a certificate of freedom to prove their legal status as free individuals. Without this document, they could be at risk of being enslaved or facing legal challenges to their freedom. Certificates of freedom also provided some protection against being mistaken for escaped slaves and being captured and re-enslaved.
The majority of White families in the antebellum South owned?
The majority of White families in the antebellum South owned enslaved African Americans. This system of slavery was a key foundation of the Southern economy, with enslaved individuals forced to provide labor on plantations and in households.
In 1790 the highest percentage of enslaved Africans lived in?
south
