AFTER SLAVERY

 

  1. Explain this statement:  The South was ruined economically, politically and socially.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Compare and contrast the problems facing the landowners and the workers.

 

Landowners

Workers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Summarize the feelings of freedom obtained by the slaves and what the Freedmen’s Bureau was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Using the chart below, fill in the presidential views (both Lincoln’s and Johnson’s) of reconstruction and that of the Republican’s plan.

 

Presidential Views

Republican's Views

Lincoln

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Who were the Carpetbag Government and what were their successes?  What were some of their failures.

 

Success

Failures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. How did the 1866 congressional elections serve as a contest between President Johnson and the Radical Republican?  What was the result and what did it show about public opinion?