"The said Cooper Hughs Freedman with his wife…are to work on said farm and to cultivate forty acres in corn and twenty acres in cotton, to assist in putting the fences on said farm in good order and to keep them so and to do all other work on said farm necessary to be done to keep the same in good order and to raise a good crop and to be under the control and directions of said IG Bailey and to receive for their said services one half of the cotton and one third of the corn and fodder raised by them on said farm in said year 1867….And the said IG Bailey party of the first part, agrees and binds himself to furnish necessary Mules and farming implements to cultivate said crop…"
—Contract, Marshall County, Mississippi, 1867
What kind of arrangement is agreed to in this contract?
(1 point)
Responses
sharecropping
sharecropping
black codes
black codes
grandfather clause
grandfather clause
Ten Percent Plan
sharecropping
n the text, you read this about the South's economic situation after the war:
Economic conditions in the South were far worse than in the North. Confederate soldiers had little chance of taking up where they had left off. In some areas, every house, barn, and bridge had been destroyed. Two thirds of the South's railroad tracks had been turned into twisted heaps of scrap. The cities of Columbia, Richmond, and Atlanta had been leveled.
The war wrecked the South's financial system. After the war, Confederate money was worthless. People who had loaned money to the Confederacy were never repaid.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Why would the loss of farms make it especially difficult for the Southern economy to recover?
(1 point)
Responses
Many Southern industries would fail without the crops.
Many Southern industries would fail without the crops.
The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
Most Southerners could not afford to rebuild their farms.
Most Southerners could not afford to rebuild their farms.
The South would not be able to grow surplus crops for sale
The Southern economy was largely based on agriculture.
Rival Plans for Reconstruction
Plan Ten Percent Plan Wade-Davis Bill Johnson Plan Reconstruction Act
Proposed by President Abraham Lincoln (1863) Republicans in Congress (1864) President Andrew Johnson (1865) Radical Republicans (1867)
Conditions for former Confederate States to rejoin Union
10 percent of voters must swear loyalty to Union
Must abolish slavery
Majority of white men must swear loyalty
Former Confederate volunteers cannot vote or hold office
Wartime debts by states will not be recognized
Majority of white men must swear loyalty
Must ratify Thirteenth Amendment
Former Confederate officials may vote and hold office
Each state would be appointed a governor chosen by the President
Must disband state governments
Must write new constitutions
Must ratify Fourteenth Amendment
African American men must be allowed to vote
Must disqualify former officials of the Confederacy from holding public office
Question
Use the chart to answer the question.
Using your knowledge of the text and the chart, which best describes Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?
(1 point)
Responses
Lincoln's plan would have severely punished the South.
Lincoln's plan would have severely punished the South.
Lincoln's plan would have disregarded the issue of slavery.
Lincoln's plan would have disregarded the issue of slavery.
Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.
Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.
Lincoln's plan would have placed great emphasis on regaining southern loyalty.
Lincoln's plan would have placed great emphasis on regaining southern loyalty.
Lincoln's plan would have been very lenient toward the South.
Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end?
(1 point)
Responses
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union
to keep African Americans from voting
Which Reconstruction-era political group is depicted in this image?
(1 point)
Responses
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
scalawags
scalawags
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans
Ku Klux Klan
The image does not provide any information to determine which Reconstruction-era political group is depicted.
Use the image to answer the question.
Three men are shown with their arms linked with traveling bags bearing the seals of Florida and South Carolina.
Which Reconstruction-era political group is depicted in this image?
(1 point)
Responses
carpetbaggers
carpetbaggers
scalawags
scalawags
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans
Ku Klux Klan