Life of a cowboy
What do cowboys do for a living ?
Cowboys herd animals
What is convict leasing?
Convict leasing is when jail inmates are forced to work into labor
Who went on a quest to search for convicts ?
Reginald Moore
guaranteed blacks' civil rights and giving black men the right to vote
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution
What was share cropping?
Share Cropping is when tenants are provided land in exchange for working in the fields.
Why was their job considered dangerous?
They would travel hundreds of miles attempting to keep herd together. Along the way , there were obstacles such as coyotes, native Americans, contaminated water, and bad climate
What impact did it have on today?
Convict leasing is still occurring today, but less brutal than before
What do others want to do with the found bodies?
Some want to forget about the incident, and some want to identify the bodies to build a memorial.
Lincoln made the destruction of slavery a war aim
decision announced in the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1863
When did share cropping cease?
During world war II
Where did the stereotypical idea of a cowboy come from?
The Kansas cattle towns embodied the
Convict leasing began in...
1846
They were estimated to be as young as ___ and as old as ___
14 and 70
1864 Radical Republicans in Congress passed the....
Wade-Davis Bill
What was the impact on families?
Families were torn apart due to shortage on money
A whip was used for...
Beating down cattle and untamed horses
Convict leasing system was abolished during...
Reconstruction
between 1866 and 1912, ____ prisoners died
more than 3,500 prisoners died
In 1867, Congress passed...
Reconstruction Act
The tenants often ended up...
In debt
The origin of the cowboy culture came from...
spain
The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....
prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude, but explicitly exempted those convicted of crime.
convicts who were leased by the state to plantation owners toiled in the fields chopping sugar cane .....
until they dropped dead in their tracks
The second part of the Amendment provided...
a reduction of a state's representatives if suffrage was denied
Share Cropping became a big industry ...
After the American Civil War