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Warm-up for 02.13.12

Warm-up for 02.13.12. What do you think white Southern Democrats in Georgia thought about the Freedmen’s Bureau? Place on continuum and explain your answer. . FULL support of the Freedmen’s Bureau . NO support for the Freedmen’s Bureau . C. The Freedmen’s Bureau.

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Warm-up for 02.13.12

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  1. Warm-up for 02.13.12 What do you think white Southern Democrats in Georgia thought about the Freedmen’s Bureau? Place on continuum and explain your answer. FULL support of the Freedmen’s Bureau NO support for the Freedmen’s Bureau

  2. C The Freedmen’s Bureau • The Freedmen’s bureau was created by the U.S. government in 1865 • It was created to help freed slaves and poor whitesdo the following things: • Obtain food, clothing, and shelter • Help them find jobs • Draw up labor contracts • Investigate claims of unfair treatment • Give them a free, basic education

  3. C The Freedmen’s Bureau • Its greatest accomplishments had to do with education. The F.B. established more than 1,000 new schools and spent more than $5 million on education throughout the South after the war. • The Freedmen’s Bureau was discontinued in 1872 because of a lack of funding and not enough agents to make the Bureau work well.

  4. Freedmen’s Bureau School

  5. Freedmen’s Bureau Seen Through Southern Eyes Plenty to eat and nothing to do.

  6. If you were to give this image a title, what would you title it and why?

  7. Tenant Farming and Sharecropping • Without slaves, landowners needed laborers to work their large farms. • Without jobs, shelter, food, and clothing, freedmen needed a way to quickly get all these things after obtaining their freedom. • Two systems emerged: tenant farming and sharecropping. • Cotton was still Georgia’s most important crop

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