Ch. 1 Changes in the South After the Civil War

What crisis did Southern plantation owners face at the end of the Civil War?

• Plantation owners no longer had slaves to work on their farms.

• Freed slaves were given ownership of most of the South’s large plantations.

• Demand for cotton was higher than what Southern plantations could produce.

• Northerners built factories on many Southern plantations.

What types of farming arrangements developed to replace slave labor?

• sharecropping

• slavery

• tenant farming

• banking

An area with an economy based on farming

• rural

• urban

• agricultural

• industrial

An area with a high population density; a city environment

• rural

• urban

• agricultural

• industrial

An area with an economy based on manufacturing and technology

• rural

• urban

• agricultural

• industrial

An area with a low population density; a country environment

• rural

• urban

• agricultural

• industrial

As a result of improved farm technology and mechanization, Southern farmers needed __________ .

• more labor to farm larger areas of land

• less labor to farm larger areas of land

Sharecroppers

• farmed a section of land owned by someone else in exchange for part of the income

• farmed land by someone else, but provided their own seeds and supplies. They were also more independent and made more money.

tenant farmers

• farmed a section of land owned by someone else in exchange for part of the income.

• farmed land owned by someone else, but provided their own seeds and supplies. Were more independent and made more money.

How was the "New South" promoted?

• The International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta

• Industrial fairs were held to draw attention to the possibilities in the South

• Henry Grady wrote about how the South was changing for the better