One short sentence Who were carpetbaggers?

Carpetbaggers were opportunistic Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War to exploit the region's economic and social chaos.

One short sentence Which groups in the South were likely to support Republican and Radical Reconstructionist policies?

African Americans and newly enfranchised freedmen were likely to support Republican and Radical Reconstructionist policies in the South.

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What did the Southern economy depend on after the war?

The Southern economy depended on agriculture, particularly the cultivation of crops such as cotton, tobacco, and rice, after the war.

One short sentence What is sharecropping?

Sharecropping was a form of agriculture labor system in the South after the Civil War, where Black farmers would work land owned by white landowners in exchange for a share of the crop.