Reconstruction Day 6 Warm-Up

Claimed Florida, Texas, California; built missions

• 10th Amendment
• Spain
• Telegraph
• Yorktown

Invention by Samuel Morse used to communicate rapidly over long distances

• 10th Amendment
• Spain
• Telegraph
• Yorktown

Rights not given to the federal government are given to the states

• 10th Amendment
• Spain
• Telegraph
• Yorktown

Last major battle; British defeated and signed Treaty of Paris recognizing U.S. independence

• 10th Amendment
• Spain
• Telegraph
• Yorktown

Which of the following is a specific example of how the Freedmen’s Bureau supported former slaves?

• Jobs were given to freedmen in the lumber industry.
• Money was given to freedmen to buy food and shelter.
• Education was provided to freedmen.
• Trains and wagons carried freedmen to the North to find jobs.

What was sharecropping AND how did the practice impact the sharecropper? In the sharecropping system, a ​ (a)   from a landowner to farm. The

sharecropper had to ​ (b)   from the landowner

until it was time to sell their crops. This practice impacted the sharecroppers ​by putting them in ​ (c)  

• buy fertilizer, seed, and rent equipment on credit
• debt.
• tenant rents a small plot of land

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau most assist in the reconstruction of the South?

• By dividing large plantations and redistributing the property to former slaves
• By creating a militia to help enforce the voting rights of former slaves
• By offering legal assistance and public schooling to former slaves
• By petitioning the government to offer money to former slaves

How did sharecropping affect farmers in the South during Reconstruction?

• By introducing new technology for growing food
• By expanding the region’s dependence on corn production
• By making landowners buy supplies from the government
• By keeping renters in debt to landlords