Chapter 15 (section quiz 5) History

Explain why civil rights legislation of the late 1800s brought little real change for black people.

It brought little change because Civil rights wasn't enforced

*. What aspects of Reconstruction should trouble the Christian? What aspects of Reconstruction should the Christian applaud?

Racism should trouble the Christians. 1. aspect was that the Reconstruction area helped blacks get a education.

Describe the sharecropping system.

Sharecropping is when someone farms small plots owned by planters and paid annual rent for the use of the land. Their rent was a part, or share, of the crops that grew.

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan?

They wanted to place black people firmly under white control. They usually targeted successful black businesses and landowners.

In what kind of community did Southern factory workers sometimes live? Describe this community

factory workers lived in mill towns. these were towns near Mills and factories. They built identical homes and company stores were workers could buy necessities as food and clothing.