Sharecropping: A Cycle of Debt
People of Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers-Northern Republicans who came south for political and business opportunities, as well as to be teachers and missionaries
-Disliked by southern Democrats |
Scalawags-Southerners who supported Republican Reconstruction and worked with carpetbaggers
-Hated by southern Democrats ("traitors") |
Freedmen-Former slaves
-Supported the Republican Party who freed them |
Women-Took on tasks formerly done by slaves
-Received property rights from the Constitution of 1868. |