Unit 12 Day 3: Rebuilding the South

get rich off of the South’s misfortunes.

buy up southern land.

control freedmen voters.

dominate the South politically.

Its policies were costly and ineffective.

It treated the Confederacy too leniently.

It gave up on Reconstruction.

It became tainted by widespread corruption.

legally imposed segregation.

expanded voting rights.

recognized freedmen as citizens.

outlawed literacy tests.

It was stronger than industry in the North.

It relied heavily on natural resources.

It was depended heavily on resources from the North.

Its industry was not connected to farming any more.

Mean political leaders that forbid the practice

A way to help the South rebuild its economy

Kind people who came to the South to help them reconstruct buildings and houses

People from the North who wanted to take advantage of the Southerners

Symbolized the end of the Civil War

Helped grow the popularity of the Republican party in the South

Was the first African American to serve as a member of the Senate

Championed the rights of Hispanic Americans in state politics

Accept all races as equal under the law and under God

Create an economy based more on industry

Get African Americans to participate in government

Rebuild the agrarian economy the South had before the Civil War

Helping freedmen find jobs

Creating the sharecropping system that kept African Americans from making a lot of money

Separating African Americans from white citizens in schools and businesses

Requiring African Americans to give the government all their earnings to receive food and housing in return