SS8H6 - Reconstruction

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What was the main difference between tenant farmers and sharecroppers during Reconstruction?

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Most tenant farmers owned tools and equipment, while sharecroppers relied on landowners for everything they needed.

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The Fourteenth Amendment was the federal government's response to

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Black Codes enacted in the South.

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Which of the following BEST describes the practice of sharecropping? Options: Land is bought by a group of families pooling their money and farming together. Land is given to a farmer who in return promises to give some of the crops to other families. Land is rented to a farmer who pledges a certain percentage of the crops to the landowner. Land is sold to a farmer who will own the land after farming it for a certain number of years.

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Land is rented to a farmer who pledges a certain percentage of the crops to the landowner.

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Why was the Thirteenth Amendment significant to Georgia during Reconstruction?

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Georgia was required to ratify the amendment before it was eligible to rejoin the Union.

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What contributed to Atlanta's rapid economic recovery after the Civil War? Options: City leaders encouraged northerners to migrate to Atlanta. City leaders focused on rebuilding Atlanta's railroad network. City leaders encouraged farmers to grow crops other than cotton. City leaders focused on helping freedmen and freedwomen find work.

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City leaders focused on rebuilding Atlanta's railroad network.

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Based on the timeline, when was slavery outlawed in the entire United States?

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December 6, 1865

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The use of sharecropping during Reconstruction allowed landowners in Georgia to

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resume the mass production of cotton.

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In 1870, Georgia was readmitted into the Union after the state

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ratified the Fifteenth Amendment.

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The Civil War devastated the economy of Georgia, as well as the rest of the South. Which of the following was key to the economic recovery of the state during Reconstruction? rapid industrialization, sharecropping and tenant farming, fully integrated schools and workplaces, redistribution of plantation land to freed slaves

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sharecropping and tenant farming

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Why were thirty-two newly elected members of the Georgia General Assembly removed from the legislature during Reconstruction?

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to limit the political power and influence of African Americans