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Economic and Social Effects of Reconstruction

Reconstruction had different economic and social effects on various populations in the South. Landowners entered sharecropping agreements with freedmen but some lost land to taxes, while freedmen became sharecroppers unable to own land. Poor whites also became sharecroppers, and were called "scalawags" if supporting Republicans. Northerners who moved South for economic gain were called "Carpetbaggers".

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Economic and Social Effects of Reconstruction

Reconstruction had different economic and social effects on various populations in the South. Landowners entered sharecropping agreements with freedmen but some lost land to taxes, while freedmen became sharecroppers unable to own land. Poor whites also became sharecroppers, and were called "scalawags" if supporting Republicans. Northerners who moved South for economic gain were called "Carpetbaggers".

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Economic and Social Effects of

Reconstruction
5-1.4 Compare the economic and social effects of
Reconstruction on different populations, including
the move from farms to factories and the change
from the plantation system to sharecropping.
Label a clean page in your SS
notebook:

Social and Economic Effects

Divide the page into four squares


then label them:
1. Landowners 2. Freedmen
3. Poor Whites 4. Northerners
Landowners
Economic:
• entered into sharecropping relationships with
freedmen (former slaves)
• some lost land because of high taxes

Social:
• most kept their land and remained elite
• regained political control after reconstruction
Freedmen
Economic:
• not able to own land
• became sharecroppers

Social:
• attend school
• free to worship in churches
Poor Whites
Economic:
• Became sharecroppers

Social:
• able to participate in politics
• called “scalawags” if in agreement with
Republican government
• outcast
Northerners
Some moved to the South during Reconstruction

• Those who took advantage of the South were


called “Carpetbaggers”
• Some came as missionaries and entrepreneurs
to build schools and boost the economy

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