Social Classes
People
Laws
Textile Mills
Miscellaneous
100
The social class that gained freedom after the war.
Who are Enslaved African Americans
100
These people were from the north. They came down to help rebuild the south.
Who are carpetbaggers
100
This is a change to already established rules.
What is an amendment
100
These were created because the sharecropping industry was not making enough money.
What are textile mills
100
This means that things were separate including schools, neighborhoods, churches, and stores.
What is segregated
200
The class that had political power before and after the war. This class only lost slaves.
Who are the Elite
200
This person was responsible for the assassination of President Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
200
This amendment was signed by President Lincoln to abolish slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment
200
Textile mills were built along the fall line because they needed this to run.
What is hydroelectric power
200
This is what we call the period after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
300
Men from these classes joined the Union Army.
Who are Free African Americans and Enslaved African Americans
300
This group of people hated that slaves were free. They tried to scare African Americans by burning their homes, churches, and schools.
Who are the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
300
South Carolina originally included these that did not give African Americans any rights. They were later forced to take these out.
What are Black Codes
300
Textile mills were built in order to turn ________ into _______.
What is cotton ; clothes
300
These were built to make trading and traveling easier.
What are railroads
400
This class went from having a few slaves working as help to having only family members working as help.
Who are the Middle Class
400
These people lived in the south and believed that African Americans should be treated equally.
Who are scalawags
400
A law was established that these must be created. Although all children went, they were segregated.
What are schools
400
When textile mills were created, they created these.
What are jobs
400
This is known as the period before the Civil War.
What is the Antebellum Period
500
Some men in this class were drafted into the army.
Who are the Middle Class
500
These people were worked on farms after the Civil War. They were former slaves and lower class people. They only got paid with food and a place to live.
Who are sharecroppers
500
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment
500
Because jobs were segregated, this was the only thing African American workers were allowed to do.
What is load or unload the cotton
500
These people were often a part of the Ku Klux Klan
Who are white men ; political figures ; police men