Transcript Review Chapter 12, Section 2 for Quiz

Review Chapter 12, Section 2
for Quiz
Vocabulary
scalawag
carpetbagger
Hiram
Revels
sharecropping tenant farming
Quiz
If the statement is true, write “true” on the line. If it is false, change the
underlined word or words to make it true.
1.
Robert G. Fitzgerald was the first African American to win election
as a U.S. senator.
2.
Democrats called those white Southerners who joined the
Republican party scalawags.
3.
In the system known as tenant farming, landowners divided their
land and gave each worker a few acres plus seed and tools. In
return, the worker gave the landowner a portion of the harvested
crop.
4.
Very few former slaves were able to take part in sharecropping
because they could never raise enough cash to rent land from
planters.
5.
Carpetbaggers were those who left their homes after the war and
moved to the South, where they were often scorned as dishonest
business people.
Character Development
What is your biggest pet peeve? Why
does it bother you so much? Explain.
Ch.12, Sec.2
II.
A.
Reconstructing Society
Conditions and Politics in Postwar South
1. By 1870, all former Confederate
states had been readmitted. Republicans
ran the government.
2. South faced terrible economic
conditions.
3. Southern state governments began public
works programs to repair physical damage
and provide social services
4. Groups that made up the Republican
Party in the South.
-Scalawags, Carpetbaggers, AfricanAmericans
5. Lack of unity in the Republican Party.
B. Former slave improve their lives
1. Finding family members
2. Education
3. Churches and organizations
4. Government participation-Hiram
Revels
C. Changes in the Southern Economy
1. “forty acres and a mule”
2. Sharecropping and tenant farming
3. Cotton- no longer king
Ch.12, Sec.2
II.
Reconstructing Society
A.
Conditions and Politics in Postwar South
1. By 1870, all former Confederate states had been readmitted.
Republicans ran government
2. South faced terrible economic conditions.
3. Southern state govts. began public works programs
4. Groups that made up the Republican Party in the South.
-Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, African-Americans
5. Lack of unity in the Republican Party.
B.
Former slave improve their lives
1. Finding family members
2. Education
3. Churches and organizations
4. Government participation-Hiram Revels
C.
Changes in the Southern Economy
1. “ forty acres and a mule”
2. Sharecropping and tenant farming
3. Cotton-no longer king.
Review Questions
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6.
How did the Republican governments in the South
attempt to rebuild the region?
What three groups in the South made up the Republican
Party?
In what ways were the Republicans disunified?
What things did many African-Americans do with their
new-found freedom?
How was the African-American community’s entry into
the political scene a success? How was that success
limited?
What was the difference between sharecropping and
tenant farming?