Question | Answer |
Scalawag | White southern republicans |
Carpetbaggers | Northerners who were in a hurry |
conservatives | Most white southerners who held power before the Civil War resisted Reconstruction |
Ku Klux Klan | Some white southerners formed secret societies to help them regain power |
Sharecroppers | Rented and farmed a plot of land. Planters provided seed, fertilizers and tools in return for a share of the crop at harvest time |
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