Numbers
This Amendment ended slavery in the United States
13
The party of Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
The President at the beginning of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
What crop dropped in value throughout the 1860s?
Cotton
What year was Shaw College founded
1865
The party who nominated Seymour to run for president
Democrats
Was President after Lincoln died
Andrew Johnson
What was a crop that farmers begin growing when the price of cotton fell
Tabaco
what % of African Americans voted for the Republican Party
90
The largest group of southern Republicans
African Americans
He won the Presidential election in 1868. (was a famous Civil War general)
Grant
The process of farming on someone else's land and giving them a % of the crops being grow instead of rent
Sharecropping
The price of cotton (per pound) before the civil war
16.5 cents
Nickname given to those who switched from the Democratic tor Republican Party
Scalawags
The Democratic nominee during the 1868 election. (Governor of New York)
Seymour
What helped connect the north and south through more efficient transportation
Railroads
The number of charges congress pushed on Andrew Johnson
11
Which Party won the election of 1868
The Republican Party
9
What organization created a bank to help freed African Americans? (it failed less than 10 years after being created)
Freedmen's Bureau