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Explain how Republicans gained control of southern state governments.

Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.

Summarize efforts to limit African Americans rights and the federal governments response.12.2 Reconstruction in the SouthWhat were the immediate effects of Reconstruction?

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Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South During Reconstruction, Republicans gained control of southern state governments through the ballot box.Thousands of black men exercised their new right to vote.

Many white southern men did not vote because they refused to sign the required loyalty oath to the Union.

Explain how Republicans gained control of southern state governments.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 3The Republican Party attracted people who sought change, challenge, and opportunities to make money in the South. Critics saw scalawags and carpetbaggers as opportunists making their fortune off of the Souths misfortune.scalawagsWhite southern men who had been locked out of pre-war politicscarpetbaggersWhite and black northerners who moved to the South to take advantage of the many post-war opportunities thereExplain how Republicans gained control of southern state governments.

Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 4Reconstruction state constitutions mandated the creation of the public school system.Public schools grew slowly in the South.

The system was expensive as there needed to be two schools in every district due to segregation.Some Republicans proposed integration but the idea was generally unpopular.

Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 5Reconstruction also offered white and black women opportunities they did not find in the North.

Single women carved out new roles for themselves, especially in the school system developed during Reconstruction.Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 6The South had many problems that made success challenging.limited protection for African Americansracial violencerampant corruptionmany illiterate southernerspoor quality medical carepoor quality housingslower economic production than the NorthDiscuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 7Freed African Americans sought to build new communities.The Freedmens Bureau attracted thousands of students to schools and colleges who realized the value of their education for voting and business. Freedmens Bureau schoolsmoved to look for jobs as cooks, blacksmiths, or carpentersworked at farming, lumbering, and re-building railroadsestablished black churches that became centers of their communitiessought education through the Freedmens Bureau schoolsBlack churchesRural areasCitiesDiscuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.

Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 8sharecroppingmost of the Souths black and white pooroften continued to owe to landowner year after yearshare-tenancyfarmer had more controlable to save moneytenant farmingmost independent arrangementfarmer needed to have good money management skillsNew work arrangements for African American farmers developed. Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 9

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Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South SharecroppingSharecroppers were supposed to have a chance to climb the economic ladder, but by the time they had shared their crops and paid their debts they rarely had any money left. A sharecropper often became tied to one plantation having no choice but to work until his or her debts were paid.

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Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 12.213SharecroppingSharecroppers were supposed to have a chance to climb the economic ladder, but by the time they had shared their crops and paid their debts they rarely had any money left. A sharecropper often became tied to one plantation having no choice but to work until his or her debts were paid.

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In reaction to Republican gains in the South, violent groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, organized to terrorize African Americans.The Klan burned black schools and churches.Racial violence grew everywhere after the Fifteenth Amendment was passed in 1869.Summarize efforts to limit African Americans rights and the federal governments response.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 16Congressional passing and use of the Enforcement Acts reduced racial violence.The acts made it federal crime to interfere with a citizens right to vote.Congress used the Enforcement Acts to indict Klansmen throughout the South.Although violence declined, racial hatred persisted.

TheEnforcement Acts,1870, 1871 Summarize efforts to limit African Americans rights and the federal governments response.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 17

Summarize efforts to limit African Americans rights and the federal governments response.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 12.2D; C18Nathan B. Forrest founder of the KKK

Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South After the war, there was a struggle for political control. African Americans used the power of their vote to elect many representatives from mayors to the U.S. Senate.

Newly freed African Americans explored new relationships to social, political and economic life.

Groups like the Ku Klux Klan aimed to turn back their progress through violence and intimidation.

What were the immediate effects of Reconstruction?

Explain how Republicans gained control of southern state governments.Discuss how freedmen adjusted to freedom and the Souths new economic system.Summarize efforts to limit African Americans rights and the federal governments response.Chapter 25 Section 1The Cold War BeginsSection 2Reconstruction in the South 20