Freedmen s bureau Created to help freed black slaves to get back on to their feet Term in the post reconstruction period formed in 1865 by Abraham Lincoln and disbanded in 1872 by Grant Post slavery that gave equal status to blacks took away power from the south Provided legal representation and arbitrated in disputes between land owners and previous slaves cid 127 Was a military organization of the North Reconstruction Amendments cid 127 Granted anyone born in the United States citizenship Passed in 1866 Caused issues between Andrew Johnson and Congress Last two states to ratify number 15 were Minnesota and Iowa Carpet Baggers Southerners mainly used the term Union soldiers stayed in the South cid 127 Oppurtunists that stayed in the South Freedmen s bureau that were in the south Teachers that were in the south Potential Pop Quiz cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127
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