Reconstruction

Reconstruction was about

(choose 2)

• helping the South rebuild what was lost

• helping the Sough get their economy up and running again

• protecting the rights of the freed slaves

• rebuilding the political union between the North and the South

South Carolina was forced to pass and recognize the 13th and 14th __________.

• amendments

• additions

• substitutions

• certificates

The new state constitution had to include rights given to _________ in the 13th and 14th amendments.

• women

• Confederate soldiers

• African Americans

• children

Later, the 15th amendment was passed by Congress, giving African Americans the right to _______.

• meet

• vote

• read

• work

White people in South Carolina were happy about African Americans being given new rights.

• true

• false

Public schools that started during Reconstruction benefitted _________.

(Choose 2)

• freed slaves

• plantation owners

• poor white children

• government leaders

What was the problem with these public schools?

• They were overcrowded.

• There were no books.

• Many of the whites didn't want their children going to school with African Americans.

• The African Americans didn't want to go to the schools.

A system called "__________" was started in the state so people could still use the freedmen as a source of labor.

• sharecropping

• servitude

• landsharing

• homeowning

In exchange for their labor, the Freedmen would get ___________.

• money

• a share of the crop

• a home

• food

As the state continued to try and rebuild its economy, many ______ mills were started in the state.

• textile

• corn

• wheat

• paper