Post Civil War Page 3

Question 1

What was the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming in the sours

Answer 1

Sharecropping is when someone helps work on a farm and they get a small portion of the crops

Tenant Farming is When farmers rent their land from a land owner and are allowed to grow whatever

Question 2

Describe the Plessy versus Ferguson case. How did this court decision affect the lives of African Americans

Answer 2

Homer Plessy an African-American try to sit in the whites only train car and was arrested. Supreme Court ruled that even though the facilities were separate they were considered equal so it was OK to discriminate. Set country up to legalize segregation for the next 60 years

Question 3

Describe working conditions for most Factory workers before organize labor

Answer 3

They work 12 to 16 hours and it unhealthy environment and if they were injured they were given no compensation

Question 4

How did the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois differ

Answer 4

Booker wanted blacks to except segregation and Dubois wanted them to fight back about it

Question 5

Describe the difference between white settlers in Plains Indians on the issue of land ownership

Answer 5

Indians believed that the land belong to no one in the everyone should just share it. White settlers believed that land should be bought and traded. This bothered the Indians a lot and there was a lot of controversy and many wars

Question 6

Name three inventions in the late 1800s that change the way Americans communicated

Answer 6

The telegraph, the telephone, the typewriter

Question 7

What was the positive and negative impacts of reconstruction

Answer 7

Positive – 14 and 15th amendment, increased calls for women’s rights, some increased industrialization in the south. Negative – increased violence and anger between white and black, not much changes in social orders

Question 8

Describe a cattle drive

Answer 8

Cowboys drive a herd of cattle across hundreds of miles to cities

Question 9

What group settle in the west and why did they come

Answer 9

White settlers - need a fresh start

African Americans – get away from black code in KKK

European settlers – they needed food and to work on the railroad

Chinese settlers– Needed to get out of China, came for the gold rush and help build railroads

Question 10

Choose one major strike of this era describe the events of the Strike and its results

Answer 10

The Homestead act of 1877 was a major strike is this era. Workers clashed with private guards in a 14 hour battle. The result of this act was workers got arrested and fired