Which of the following best describes the situation of freedmen in the decade following the Civil War?
a. Each was given 40 acres of land and a mule by the Union government.
b. All were immediately granted political equality by the Emancipation Proclamation.
c. The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters.
d. They were required to pass a literacy test before being granted United States citizenship.
e. They supported the passage of Black Codes to ensure their economic and political rights.
Ans: c. The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters.
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A) decided to resupply the fort. B) ordered the evacuation of federal troops from the fort. C) proclaimed that the South was in a state of insurrection against the federal government. D) decided to send troops and arms to the fort.
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a. Poland b. Austria-Hungary c. Bulgaria d. The Ottoman Empire
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a. true b. false