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Reconstruction and the African Americans
Carpetbaggers
Scalawags
Northerners who came to the South during reconstruction to make a better life for themselves at the expense of the once wealthy whites.
White men of the South who were not in control of the before the war who now sought to take control.
Tennessee 1877
KKK
Ku Klux Klan
beat, maimed, and killed African Americans and their allies
Burned Homes, Schools, and Churches
Land Division
Share-Tenancy
* farmworkers chose the crop, purchased supplies gave share of the crop to owner.
Sharecropping:
* land owner chose the crop, bought the supplies and provided a place to live.
* in return for a share of the crop
Tenant Farming:
* tenant paid rent for the land, chose the crop and supplied the equipment. Chose where to live.
African Americans Take the Lead in the South
Blacks held elected positions at all levels of the government
Segregation:
the separation of the races
1 6 Congresspersons
Defacto Segregation:
Segregation as a way of life, not
dictated by law.
Lieutenant Governors
De Jure Segregation:
Legal separation of the based on the laws of the land and if violated, could be punishable by death.
Sheriffs
Reconstruction and the African Americans
African Americans take the lead.
Because African Americans were allowed to vote, and whites were sometimes restricted, the blacks in the South ran for and won several elected positions in government.
Lieutenant Governors
Us Congressmen
Sheriffs