Chapter 1: The South Changes After the Civil War.

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What crisis did Southern plantation owners face at the end of the Civil War?

Back

Plantation owners no longer had slaves to work on their farms.

Front

Why was the South in much worse shape than the North at the end of the Civil War?

Back

Because most battles were fought in the South, so damage there was much worse.

Front

How did large numbers of African Americans try to solve the problem of needing housing, clothing, food, and income after the Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments?

Back

They became sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

Front

Industrialization

Back

the change from manual production of goods to the use of automation and mechanical methods of production

Front

urbanization

Back

an increase in the population of cities and towns versus rural areas

Front

In Tennessee, mechanization ____________ improve agricultural efficiency.

Back

did

Front

As technology improved, farmers could _________.

Back

do more work with less labor

Front

Ultimately, __________ because of mechanization.

Back

workers left rural areas and migrated to urban areas.

Front

Which statement best describes the results of Northern investments in Southern industries?

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Southern businesses and industries thrived, new factories were built across the region, and state economies flourished.