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Bell Ringer
• “Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”
• How can this quote be applied to freedman during Reconstruction?
Changes in Farming
• Labor shortage:–Former slaves refused
to pick cotton –Field work paid 6
cents a day –Railway work paid $2
a day
Changes in Farming• Sharecropping: Farming arrangement in which a
family works land in exchange for a share of the crop.– Planter usually provided housing– Shares ranged from 1/3 to ½
• Negatives:– Landowners deduct cost of housing and food from
harvest– Workers fined for days of work missed– If workers owe $, they are not permitted to leave the
farm
Changes in Farming
• Tenant Farming: Farming in which a family rents land and equipment needed to plant crops.– Can plant whatever crop you wanted– Be your own boss
• Negatives– Renting costs more than owning over time
Cities and Industry
• Atlanta begins to emerge as a metropolis
• South begins to industrialize but never reaches Northern levels– Southern industry based on raw
material production
Reconstruction Spending• Money was invested in improving infrastructure.
• Infrastructure is any public service that society uses such as roads, railways, bridges, and telegraph lines.
• Public Schools established
Quick Review
1. What was sharecropping?
2. Which system would you rather take part in, sharecropping or tenant farming? Why?
3. What is infrastructure?
4. Why is infrastructure important to reconstruction?
The Ku Klux Klan
• Started by 6 former Confederate soldiers as a secret society.
• Nathan Bedford Forrest first leader– Former CSA General who massacred 300 black Union
soldiers at Fort Pillow
The KKK• The Klan targeted free blacks, carpetbaggers, scalawags
• Terrorist tactics used in attempt to scare people into submission.
• Government passes Enforcement Act of 1870 outlawing the Klan’s actions– Military and court system used to fight the Klan– Thousands of Klansman arrested for everything from
bribery to murder
The End of ReconstructionCorruption: Reconstruction money didn’t always go
where it was supposed to.
Economy: In order to pay for reconstruction, taxes raised to all time highs.
Violence: As Northern soldiers left the South, blacks intimidated into not voting, allowing whites to regain control.
Democrats return to power: Pardoned Confederates take back government positions and block Republican laws.
Compromise of 1877
• Hayes does not win the election of 1876 out right.
• Republicans agree to give funds for Southern Infrastructure if Southern Democrats vote for Hayes
Reading Graphs
• Use the graph at the top of page 219 to answer the following questions:
1. What trend do you see once reconstruction ends?
2. What event do you credit for an increase in African Americans elected to Congress in the 1960s?
Quick Review1. Why did reconstruction end? (4 reasons)
2. In what ways was Reconstruction successful?
3. In what ways did Reconstruction fail?
