tended to join and vote for the Democratic Party

usually voted the same as white Southerners

often had larger voting populations than whites

did not have enough votes to enact change

served as members of Southern state legislatures

attended Virginia's Constitutional Convention

were elected to Congress from Southern states

were delegates to state constitutional conventions

Many African American politicians had left office to work for the Freedmen's Bureau

Southern whites had worked to repeal laws that allowed African Americans to hold office

African Americans were focusing on politics on the state level rather than the national level

African American politicians mainly chose to run for the US Senate instead of the House

The agency was becoming too big and unwieldy to manage

Congress found additional funds to keep the agency open

The agency had made no progress helping freed people

The issues it addressed were more complicated than expected

The agency provided funds to pay poll taxes

The agency set up courts settle land disputes

The agency taught them how to cultivate crops

The agency found employment in Northern cities

The agency's power was weakened by conflict and political fighting

The agency was powerful because President Johnson supported it

The agency was power because white Southerns supported it

The agency's power was weakened by Republicans in Congress

but was rejected by most African Americans

and was supported by most white Southerners

but lacked the authority to enforce civil rights laws

and was spearheaded by Democrats in Congress

The agency relocated African American families to cities in the North

The agency prevented white supremacists from terrorizing families

The agency gave farmland to all families with low incomes in the South

The agency helped reunite families that had been separated during slavery

it had been unable to found any schools in the South

African Americans were adjusted to freedom

it had achieved all of its goals and promises

it lacked the needed funding and effective planning

South Carolina

Tennessee

Kentucky

Alabama

African Americans in the South

African Americans in the North

Republicans in Congress

white landowners in the South

a wealthy Mississippi landowner

the first African American in the US Senate

the founder of the Freedmen's Bureau

a Democratic presidential candidate

housing and money for rent

protection and a safe haven

political party membership

food and medical care

Fisk University

American University

Spellman College

Howard University