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revised section of slave codes by substituting freedmen for slaves, former slaves were to carry passes, observe curfew, live in houses provided by land owner, bound to plantation, punishment for anyone trying to give freedman jobs, no schools
**Established a joint committee to study and investigate a new direction for recontruction |
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white women = roles in wartime, some headed households & took men's rules, wealthy women oversee field work and nonslave-holding women would do the field work, female school teachers appeared in the south
**Brought women confidence, more responsibility |
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March 3rd 1865, unpresidented agency of social uplift, never engaged in federal aid to citizens on such a scale, applied food and medical services, built scools and colleges, negotiated employment, contracts betrween freedmen and frmer masters, managed confiscated land
**contrtiversal aspect of Reconstruction because of it, task = social reform through military occupation |
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| The Fighting 54th of Massachusetts |
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Black regiment, practiced very good military training, dediacated, led an attack of fort wagner in Charleston harbor in july 1863, one soldier promised he'd stay by captain until he died
**first black regiment to have the oppertunity to fight equal to white soldiers against the enemy, the soldiers had to die to be recognized as men |
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| Inequities of The South & North |
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black soldiers were sometimes attacked by northern mobs, did lots of heavy labor, were paid $10 (whites $13) and given less than $3 for clothing (whites $3.50)
**Many refused to accept any pay, many regiments and officers, congress eventually did something about it, proved manhood to many,more respect for black soldiers, German & Irish were getting mad becuase they're getting drafted to fight in war on slavery because blacks are free, upset-kill many blacks |
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