Class Starter for 3/17/2010

• Who was involved with Reconstruction efforts?

Republican South

• African Americans

• “Carpetbaggers”– Northerners who moved south

• “Scalawags”-white Republican southerners– Many were poor southerners– Some opposed succession– Small farmers

New Patterns of Farming in the South

• Sharecropping– Work for part of the crop

• Tenant Farming– Rent the land

• Who provides housing and food?

Effects on the South’s Economy

• Changes in the labor force– 1875: white laborers picked 40% of cotton

• Cash crops– Farming arrangements focused on cash crops– Food was imported

• Debt– Profits went to debts

• Merchants– Sold supplies to tenant farmers

Cities Expand

• Southern railroads rebuilt by 1872– 40% increase in new track as well

• Railroads increased

growth in the cities

and towns

Industrial Growth

• S factories produced goods that were turned into finished products in the North

• Cotton mills produced fabric– Fabric sent N to be finished

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Money, Money, Money

• Infrastructure rebuilt– Federal funds, private investors and TAXES

• Corruption– Politicians and businessmen took advantage

of the rapid growth