Ch. 1 - The South Changes After the Civil War

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

• Northerners built factories on many Southern plantations.

• Plantation owners no longer had enslaved African Americans to work on their farms.

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

• Former slaves were given ownership of most of the South's large plantations.

Why was the South in much worse shape than the North at the end of the Civil War?

• because the Confederacy lost so many more soldiers than the Union

• because Abraham Lincoln made the defeated Confederacy give all its money to the Union

• because the Union lost so many more soldiers than the Confederacy

• because most battles were fought in the South, so damage there was much worse

The term that describes cities and the people who live in them is​ (a)   .

• urban
• rural
• modify
• human

Henry Grady introduced the term "New South," and he became known as the "voice of the New south." Which statements best describe the message he communicated by using the term "New South"?

Groups:

(a) DOES describe the "New South" (3)

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(b) Does NOT describe the "New South" (3)

• "The South has more than just agriculture - it now has great industry, too!"

• "The South is rebuilding its beautiful plantations and its past way of life."

• "The South has a new name, but don't expect us to change our ways."

• "Check out the South - you will be impressed with what you see."

• "The South was destroyed by the Civil War - now it has nothing."

• "Don't hold grudges against the South; we have changed!"

Choose the vocabulary term defined as

to put time or money into something in the hopes of earning a future benefit, usually more money.

• invest

• isolate

• indenture

• vanish

The Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constitution ended slavery throughout the United States. But what was next for African Americans? Many freed African Americans knew how to farm, but they had no land or money. They needed housing, clothing, food, and income.

How did large numbers of African Americans try to solve this problem?

• They borrowed money from banks to buy land.

• They returned to Africa on passenger ships.

• They got jobs operating new machinery on large farms.

• They became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

Choose the correct definition of the vocabulary term agriculture.

• the science or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming

• of or relating to an area just outside of a big city or town

• a chemical or natural substance added to soil to help plants grow

• the process of using resources, especially machinery, to produce goods and services

What factors influenced growth of industry in Tennessee after the Civil War?

Groups:

(a) DID influence (4)

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(b) Did NOT influence (2)

• small populations

• construction of railroads

• industrialization

• availability of coal

• computerization

• mechanization

Rural - of or relating to ​ (a)   and the people who live there.

• the countryside
• houses
• places near the ocean
• a desert

Match the correct definition to the term.

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• an increase in the population of cities and towns versus rural areas

• urbanization

• the change from manual production of goods to the use of automation and mechanical methods of production

• industrialization

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