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CLEP US History I

Category - Society

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Emancipation did not improve the material conditions of many former slaves after the Civil War for which of the following reasons?
  1. Their freedom did not extend to their children.
  2. They received minimal compensation for their years of service.
  3. The migrated to the North, where they lived in poverty.
  4. Many were forced into contracts that essentially recreated slavery.
  5. It was illegal for them to leave the plantations where they were born.
Explanation
Answer: D - Conditions for those who had been enslaved did not improve much after the Civil War because the Southern states did all they could to recreate the conditions of slavery. Rather than claiming ownership, Southerners would arrest African Americans for loitering and consign them to forced labor. Recently-freed slaves were also tricked into signing contracts that offered little compensation for their labor and limited their ability to move.
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