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Sharecropping

Something that has been rebuilt after damage or destruction(USA). Blacks were freed, and most went into poverty. Sharecropping. New legislation and officials for states. Presidents: Grant, and Johnson. The states. A mericans. RECONSTRUCTION SONG verse 1.

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Sharecropping

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  1. Something that has been rebuilt after damage or destruction(USA) Blacks were freed, and most went into poverty Sharecropping New legislation and officials for states Presidents: Grant, and Johnson The states Americans

  2. RECONSTRUCTION SONGverse 1 • When the war was over their was little hope • No president, no future, the south broke • When the nation was mourning the south was swarming • Their workers freed and their crops in need

  3. Verse 2 • But with sharecropping and Johnson America didn’t bleed. • A nation that was troubled was now not in need. • With new legislation and the ability to vote • The country became stronger and the blacks had hope

  4. Chorus • Reconstruction, reconstruction with all aboard we can become one nation • A period of peace after a period of sorrow • All looking ahead, happy for tomorrow • Reconstruction, reconstruction, with people seeing the light the future is bright

  5. Verse 3 • Their prayers were answered but the confederates still challenged • Not allowed to vote they hassled the repubs • Calling them scalawags and names as such • Still fighting even while the state was glidding.

  6. Verse 4 • But nobody cared, nobody stopped • They carried on an left them to the cops • The people were happy, and the states were justified. • Streets were being built and infrastructure arose

  7. Chorus • Reconstruction, reconstruction with all aboard we can become one nation • A period of peace after a period of sorrow • All looking ahead, happy for tomorrow • Reconstruction, reconstruction, with people seeing the light the future is bright

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