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WorksheetsSharecropping and Reconstruction Plans Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Southern states passed laws after the Civil War that denied African Americans basic rights. What were these known as?
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Law and Order
Black Codes
This was the rebuilding of the southern states after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
14th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Enforcing the end of slavery and making it easy for the south to return to the Union was part of who's Reconstruction Plan?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Both Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
Radical Republicans
After the Civil War, people didn't have a lot of options to work, so a lot of people began (a) , which is when people would rent land from a landowner in exchange for paying them 50% profits. This caused a lot of people to go into debt slavery, a never ending cycle of owing money and being forced to work.
What was the primary purpose of the sharecropping system?
To provide education to freed slaves
To redistribute land to former slaves
To allow freed slaves to rent land and pay with a portion of their crops
To establish industrial jobs for freed slaves
A
B
C
D
How did the Sharecropping system keep newly freed slaves under control of the former slave owners?
The old slavery system continued like before the Civil War
Former slaves had to rent land and borrow equipment form former slave owners, never were able to make enough money to leave the former slave owners control
Former slaves were given complete freedom and bought land no problem
Former slaves took the land from former slave owners by force and were punished by the Radical Republicans
What was sharecropping, a common practice during the Reconstruction era?
A system where landowners provided land and supplies to a farmer in exchange for a share of the crops produced
A method of granting former slaves ownership of land
A legal arrangement protecting the rights of labor unions
A form of early industrial capitalism in agriculture
- Took the place of the plantation system in the south following Reconstruction
- Cycle that left former slaves in poverty
- Farm worker who works someone else’s land and pays for its use by giving the landowner a share of the crops grown.
Sharecropping
Cash Cropping
How did the sharecropping system perpetuate economic inequality in the post-Reconstruction South?
It allowed African Americans to accumulate wealth.
It kept African American farmers in a cycle of debt and dependency on landowners.
It provided equal opportunities for all farmers.
It eliminated the need for labor contracts.
System of farming where farmers gave part of their crop to pay for the land they rented
Family-Farming
Sharecropping
Groupcropping
Split-Farming
After the Civil War, many former slave owners agreed to give former slaves supplies and a place to live. For rent, the former slave had to give the owner part of his crop plus extra money. This was known as
Crop Rotation
Farming Friends
Sharecropping
Slavery Shift
How did the sharecropping system affect the economic status of African Americans in the South post-Reconstruction?
It significantly improved their economic status
It led to economic independence for most African Americans
It perpetuated a cycle of debt and economic dependency
It had no significant impact on their economic status
renting farm land and paying for that land with a share of the crops.
sharecropping
scalawaging
carpetbagging
reconstruction
Explain how the sharecropping system impacted African American farmers in the South.
It provided them with financial independence.
It often led to a cycle of debt and poverty.
It allowed them to own large plots of land.
It guaranteed them fair wages.
Label the graphic organizer on the right by dragging the labels and putting them in the correct circle. (Do your best to fit the labels in the cirlces-it does NOT have to be perfect)
Sharecropping-> lifetime of poverty/debt
few tenants earned enough to pay back $
Tenants paid rent with share of crop
Planters rented plots to tenant farmers
In his Reconstruction plans, he wanted to pull the military out of the south and let the southern states have power NOT the federal government.
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Who wanted military in the south to help protect the freedmen?
Andrew Johnson
Radical Republicans
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
He got a speeding ticket
His Reconstruction plans were terrible and he broke the law by firing someone.
He had great Reconstruction plans that really helped the Freedmen however, the Radical Republicans disagreed with them and wanted him out.
He was too hard on the south and they didn't like that.
What was life like for African Americans after the Compromise of 1877?
Life got much better for them and they were able to find great jobs.
Whites and blacks were treated equally.
African Americans found it difficult to have rights and be treated equally.
Life was challenging but at least African Americans were treated equally to whites.
An organization that helped former slaves and poor whites in the south after the Civil War.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Radical Republicans
Wade Davis Bill
Sharecropping
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes would get to be President as long as he kept the military in the South to keep the Reconstruction going.
Samuel Tilden would get to be President as long as a Republican could be President next.
Rutherford B. Hayes would get to be President as long as he ended Reconstruction and took the military out of the South.
Samuel Tilden would get to be President as long as he ended Reconstruction and took the military out of the South.
What was the main economic impact of sharecropping on African American farmers during the Reconstruction era?
It allowed them to accumulate wealth and buy land
It kept them in a cycle of debt and poverty
It provided them with equal economic opportunities
It led to widespread industrialization in the South
Which of the following was a key feature of President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction plan?
Granting full citizenship to African Americans
Maintaining military presence in the South
Allowing Southern states to manage their own affairs
Redistributing land to former slaves
How did the sharecropping system differ from tenant farming during the Reconstruction era?
Sharecroppers owned the land they worked on, while tenant farmers did not
Tenant farmers paid rent in cash, while sharecroppers paid with a portion of their crops
Sharecropping was more profitable than tenant farming
Tenant farming was exclusive to African Americans, while sharecropping was not
