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Chapter 12 Sections 3 and 4

Chapter 12 Sections 3 and 4. The New South and the End of Reconstruction. Why did planters have trouble finding people to work for them?. The work too closely resembled slavery. Sharecropping. A family would farm some portion of a planter’s land. Sharecropping. Harsh life

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Chapter 12 Sections 3 and 4

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  1. Chapter 12 Sections 3 and 4 The New South and the End of Reconstruction

  2. Why did planters have trouble finding people to work for them? • The work too closely resembled slavery

  3. Sharecropping • A family would farm some portion of a planter’s land

  4. Sharecropping • Harsh life • Could be evicted after a harvest

  5. Tenant Farming • Did not own the land they farmed • Paid to rent the land

  6. How did sharecroppers and tenant farming differ? • Tenant farmers had a little more freedom • Could choose what plants to grow • What hours to work

  7. How did changes in farming affect the long term health of the South’s economy? • Too make money, Southern planters had to grow cash crops (like cotton) rather than food crops

  8. Infrastructure • The public property and services a society uses • This was almost completely destroyed in the south

  9. How did railroads contribute to the growth of cities? • Railroads rebuilt and extended in the south

  10. Why was southern industrial growth limited? • Southern factories often did not make finished goods-focused on the early stages of manufacturing

  11. What were the sources of funding for Reconstruction programs? • Congress

  12. Enforcement Act of 1870 • Banned the use of terror, force, or bribery to prevent people from voting because of their race.

  13. Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Act of 1870? • KKK spreading terror throughout the South

  14. Solid South • A strong bloc of former Confederate and Democratic voters in the South

  15. Compromise of 1877 • Rutherford B. Hayes lost the popular vote in the 1876 Presidential election to Samuel Tilden

  16. Compromise of 1877 • A Congressional commission was set up to resolve the problem

  17. Compromise of 1877 • The 2 parties made a deal • Hayes would win the Presidency

  18. What 4 factors contributed to the end of Reconstruction? • Corruption- poor government leadership

  19. What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction? • Successes • Union is restored • South’s economy grows and new wealth is created in the North • 14th and 15th Amendments offer blacks citizenship and equal protection under the law

  20. What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction? • Failures • Many white southerners remain bitter toward the federal government and the Republican Party • The South is sow to industrialize • After troops leave, many blacks are denied their right to vote

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