Reconstruction

Reconstruction means ______.

• to build the first time

• to rebuild after the war

• to tear something down

• to decide where to build

Which was NOT a cause of the Civil War?

• slavery

• states' rights

• Lincoln's assassination

• Lincoln's election

How was life different for the plantation owners during Reconstruction?

• The plantation owners were wealthy and could hire people to do the work.

• The cotton was growing better than ever.

• The slaves had their freedom and plantation owners had no slaves to help with the work.

• The slaves stayed on the plantations and worked for free because they did not want to have their freedom.

How was life different for the former slaves during Reconstruction?

• Former slaves were treated fairly and could do anything they wanted.

• Former slaves learned how to read and write in the schools built by the north.

• Former slaves loved their life before the Civil War and many wanted that life back.

• Former slaves found boats going to Africa so they could reconnect with their relatives.

Which is NOT true of the new government in South Carolina?

• The wealthy plantation owners were still in control of the government.

• The new government was dishonest.

• Blacks were allowed to vote and hold office.

• The North had to come and set up the government,

The effects of Reconstruction in South Carolina were:

• Confused former slaves, high taxes, the end of the blockade and the North controlling imports and exports

• Focused former slaves, taxes were high, and blacks were allowed to vote.

• Former slaves were not confused, taxes were high, and blacks were allowed to vote.

• Former slaves were not confused, taxes were high, and many people moved out of the state.

A person who carried everything they owned in a bag made of carpet was a _____________.

• scalawags

• carpetbaggers

• garbage men

• tote boys

The cost of cotton was extremely high because:

• A lot of cotton was being grown at the time.

• Owners were having to pay their slaves to do the work.

• There were a lot of slaves working to help grow the cotton.

• The plantations were not growing much cotton because everything was destroyed after the war.

After Reconstruction, the price of cotton dropped because ____.

• the farms were rebuilt and more cotton could be grown.

• the former slaves moved North and found jobs.

• Europe needed more clothes for winter.

• Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Before states could rejoin the Union, they had to _____.

• keep slavery, keep their old government, and adopt a new Constitution.

• end slavery, adopt a new Constitution, and make a copy of the old government.

• abolish slavery, write a new state Constitution, and form a new government.

• keep slavery, write a new state Constitution, and form a new government.