Review Chapter 12, Section 2 for Quiz

Vocabulary

scalawag carpetbagger Hiram Revels

sharecropping tenant farming

QuizIf 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. Reconstructing Society

A. 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, 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

Ch.12, Sec.2II. Reconstructing SocietyA. 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 programs4. Groups that made up the Republican Party in the South.

-Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, African-Americans5. Lack of unity in the Republican Party.

B. Former slave improve their lives1. Finding family members2. Education3. Churches and organizations4. Government participation-Hiram Revels

C. Changes in the Southern Economy1. “ forty acres and a mule”2. Sharecropping and tenant farming3. Cotton-no longer king.

Review Questions

1. How did the Republican governments in the South attempt to rebuild the region?

2. What three groups in the South made up the Republican Party?

3. In what ways were the Republicans disunified?4. What things did many African-Americans do with their

new-found freedom?5. How was the African-American community’s entry into

the political scene a success? How was that success limited?

6. What was the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming?