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Social Studies Study Sheet
Chapter 9
Read and know all of the
"Focus" statements at the start of each lesson. They are
the main idea of the lesson.
Vocabulary
1. Reconstruction
- the name given to the plan to rebuild the South after the Civil War
2. contract
- an agreement supported by law
3. sharecropping - farming land for an owner in return for a
share of the crops
4. tenant farming -
farming land for an owner and paying rent in cash or by giving the owner a
share of the crops
5. credit
- an agreement to pay back money that was borrowed by a certain time
6. amendment
- an addition or change to the Constitution
7. segregate
- to set apart from others
8. debt
- something that is owed to another
9. suffrage-
the right to vote
10. public
school - an elementary or high school supported by taxes
11. illiterate
- not knowing how to read or write
1. Know how to write an outline, how the letters
and numbers are used, what is important, etc.
What are they used for? Where are
they helpful?
2. Why was there more damage in the South than
the North after the Civil War? Most of the battles were fought in the South,
and the South lost the war.
3. After the war, over 350,000 slaves were
freed. Partly because of this, the
average size of farms and plantations decreased in NC.
4. Know that reconstruction of the South took 12
years (from 1865-1877) and it included having Confederate states rejoin the
5. Know what the Freedmen's Bureau was and what
it did for
6. You should know about sharecroppers and
tenant farmers. Did they own, or rent
the land? Did they still work for their
former masters? How are these two ways
of farming different? Why didn't farm
owners and workers dislike the "contract" system of farming?
7. Know how farm life changed in the South. Why did many people leave the farms and move
to the cities?
8. What industries became very big in our
state, as farming was becoming less popular?
Know about the textile, tobacco, and furniture industries. What were the names of the men who started up
these industries, and the names of their companies?
9. Know that modernization and machinery helped
increase production in many industries.
10. How did better roads and
railroads help the new industries being built in our state?
11. How did the lives of freed slaves change
after the Civil War?
12. Know the amendments (paraphrase) that we
discussed in class.
13th - outlawed slavery
14th - equal treatment under the law -
made black people citizens of the
15th - gave male black citizens the right to vote
19th - gave women the right to vote
13. What were the Jim Crow laws? (p. 231) Where did that name come from?
14. Following reconstruction, what kinds of jobs
besides farming were available to black people?
p231
15. What
16. Name two people who supported woman suffrage
in
17. Why did many black citizens want to leave
18. Know what people and events contributed to
improved education in NC. How did
schools change in the late 1800's?
19. How did early black public schools compare
with white schools?
20. Know who Charlotte Hawkins Brown was, and
what she did for education in
21. Which
22. Know the importance of canals and waterways, steam-powered
engines, better roads, and the invention of the airplane in the history of our
state. p238-239
23. What was the North Carolina Good Roads
association?
24. On what day did the Wright Brothers make
their first successful flight at
25. Know all the people that helped to improve education
in our state that were mentioned in this chapter.
26. What are some ways that you can use an
outline?
27. Study your notes for things I mentioned in class that are not in the book.