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Postwar Chaos: The Collapse of Reconstruction in the South

Explore the aftermath of the Civil War in the South, including the rise of Scalawags and Carpetbaggers, the struggles of former slaves in sharecropping and tenant farming, African Americans' fight for voting rights amid anti-black violence, and the imposition of segregation through Jim Crow laws and the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.

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Postwar Chaos: The Collapse of Reconstruction in the South

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  1. The Collapse of Reconstruction

  2. Postwar South • Scalawags: White Southerner who joined the Republican Party after Civil War • Carpetbaggers: a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War

  3. Postwar South • Right after the war ended, newly freed slaves went looking for their family and relatives

  4. Former Slaves • Sharecropping: landowners give land, seed, & tools to workers in return for a part of the crops they raise • Tenant Farming: farm workers supply own tools and rent farmland for cash

  5. Former Slaves • African Americans took advantage of their right to vote • 90% Republican

  6. Anti-Black Violence • Ku Klux Klan • A secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy

  7. Voting Restrictions • Poll tax- an annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote • Literacy Tests • Grandfather clause

  8. Segregation • Jim Crow Laws: laws separating black and white people in public and private facilities • Plessy v. Ferguson: court case ruling that “separate but equal” accommodations was legal

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