1. Notes 8.2 Reconstruction Changes the South

2. Reconstruction Lesson 2 Reconstruction Changes the South
Key Terms
Scalawags
carpetbaggers
sharecropping
tenant farming
Enforcement Acts

3. Republicans Dominate Government
Republican was the dominate political party because they required a loyalty for many southern Democrats to vote
Many African-Americans held offices and most voted

4. Republicans Dominate Government
Radical Republican members of South Carolina's first legislature after the war

5. Republicans Dominate Government
Two groups of people helped to increase Republican power
Scalawags-a southern white who supported the Republican party after the war
Carpetbagger-a northern who moved to the South after the Civil War

6. Republicans Dominate Government
Which states likely offered the most protections for African Americans in their state constitutions?

7. Republicans Dominate Government
During the Reconstruction, public school systems became to form and were financed by taxes
Most were segregated

8. Freed People Rebuild Their Lives
Before emancipation, few African Americans had been able to legally wed under Southern state laws. During Reconstruction, families could formalize their relationships.

9. Land Distribution in the South
South’s land was unevenly distributed before and after the war
Large land owners could not afford to pay workers

10. Land Distribution in the South
Sharecropping
A landowner dictated the crop, provided tools, seed and a place to live
Mostly African-Americans and poor whites worked under this system
Sharecroppers were constantly in debt

11. Land Distribution in the South
Share-tenancy
Tenants purchase supplies and tools
Gave ¼ of crop for rent to landowner
Tenant Farming
Tenants paid cash for rent of the land

12. Changes in the South Spark Violence
Ku Klux Klan-an organization that supports hatred and discrimination against African-Americans and other races
They began to terrorize African-American leaders and those who tried to vote

13. Changes in the South Spark Violence
Enforcement Acts-made it a federal offence to interfere with a citizen’s right to vote
Congress used their power to indict many Klan members

14. Quiz: Republicans Dominate Government
Most public school systems in the South were
A. higher quality than schools in other parts of the nation.
B. well-funded due to special education bonds issued by state governments.
C. operated by carpetbaggers.
D. segregated by race.

15. Quiz: Freed People Rebuild Their Lives
What did many African American men, women, and children gain in the newly freed South?
A. educational opportunities
B. land and property
C. religious faith
D. suffrage

16. Quiz: Land Distribution in the South
Which method of farming in the South offered poor white and African American farmers the most control of their labor and harvest?
A. plantation farming
B. sharecropping
C. share-tenancy
D. tenant farming

17. Quiz: Changes in the South Spark Violence
What was an immediate goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
A. to break the power of the Republican Party
B. to drive African Americans from the South
C. to enslave African Americans
D. to prevent African Americans from voting