Reconstruction

Front

What was the Reconstruction period in the South?

Back

rebuilding the South after the Civil War

Front

Reconstruction lasted from ______ to _______.

Back

1867-1877

Front

Identify a sharecropper.

Back

borrowed tools, supplies, seeds, house, and received almost no pay

Front

Identify a tenant farmer.

Back

Rented sections of land, owned tools and supplies.

Front

Why were farmers only wanting to grow cotton?

Back

prices were high on cotton

Front

Who helped the South reconstruct?

Back

The North

Front

Who helped poor whites and African Americans get on their feet after the war? Options: KKK, Freedmen's Bureau, Salvation Army, Goodwill

Back

Freedmen's Bureau

Front

What did the Freedmen's Bureau help create?

Back

first public school program in Georgia

Front

Why did whites not want former slaves to vote?

Back

fear of political equality

Front

What happened to Henry Turner and the other black legislators in Georgia during 1868?

Back

They were expelled from the Legislator.