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What were the hardships faced by former slaves plantation owners and poor white southerners after the civil war?
Former slaves had no money, no work, and were often homeless. They were also the victims of racial violence. Plantation owners lost their work force with the abolition of slavery. Many could not afford to hire new workers. Poor whites had to compete with freedmen for the few available jobs. Unable to find work, many chose to migrate.
Why did large plantation owners controlled the south?
Jesus
Because plantation owners owned the most land and slaves?
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
Who owned the slaves in the south?
mainly rich plantation owners
How many plantation owners in the south owned slaves?
Quite a few.
How did Lincoln's assassination affect reconstruction?
Upon Lincolnâ??s assassination, Vice President Andrew Johnson became president. A man with southern allegiance and no love for the former slaves, Johnson immediately stopped penalizing the south for their rebellion. Hundreds of former Confederate officers were granted pardons, property was returned to southern plantation owners and he rendered the Freedmen's Bureau powerless. Furthermore, in 1865, he declared Reconstruction was now over.
Why didn't white plantation owners let former slaves work as employees?
Greed
What did President Johnson decide to do with the abandoned plantation lands in the South?
give them back to their former owners.
Where did the plantation owners come from?
The plantation owners had very cheap labor
How were plantation owners affected by the Great Depression?
arent plantation owners farmers?
What did plantation owners live in?
Plantation Houses
How did the plantation owners and other white southerners make it diffucult for the African Americans?
During the Reconstruction Era, the old wounds of the defeated Confederacy were slow to heal. White supremacist groups and wealthy plantation owners, harassed former slaves through sheer terror and making it difficult for Blacks in the South to exercise their civil rights, such as voting. Black churches were burned as well. As reconstruction was easing down, the white southern leaders reinstalled their previous stranglehold on state politics and continued savage acts of violence against Black people.
What were wives of plantation owners called?
plantation wives
What was the advantages of indentured servitude for plantation owners?
One advantage of having indentured servants for plantation owners was that they could increase their profit margin. The plantation owners had very cheap labor.
Why was the plantation owners were excited about the cotton gin?
Who was the plantation owner
What is a plantation home?
Its a house where plantation owners and their family live.
What did plantation owners encouraged to use for plantations?
things for their plantation
