The South and West Transformed The New South

The South and West Transformed The New South (After Reconstruction) • What made the South new compared to the old South? Name Date Class Period • One of the biggest transformations that took place in the south was the change from a single production economy to a mixed • What is the economy. difference between the two • This means that they went from different producing strictly cotton to a wide economies? rage of products. • What were some of • These products included textile mills, the new industries timber industry, and iron deposits in in the new South? Alabama and sharecropping.

The South and West Transformed The New South (After Reconstruction) Name Date Class Period • What are some • While many things changed in the of the effects of south as a result of the end of the Civil this new way of War and slavery like the economy, life in the South, style, overall living conditions many is it any different from traditions stayed the same. the old? • What are some of these traditions? • The South has many traditions during this time many good however, not all, bigotry and racism run ramped in the South.

The South and West Transformed The New South (After Reconstruction) • Why do these traditions still have such an effect of minorities when slavery has been abolished? • Name Date Class Period The reason that these traditions have such an effect is because in the South White society still holds almost all of the land, wealth, and power after the Civil War. This gives them the power to make the rules and White society is not about to give up hundreds of years of power. • What kind of rules does White • White society keeps its rule and traditions society impose? that keep minorities in the lowest rungs of society, they are kept the poorest people through many different legal methods.

The South and West Transformed The New South (After Reconstruction) • What kinds of methods does White society Use to keep minorities down? • Name Date Class Period They employ a number of different methods that include, sharecropping, Jim Crow Laws, terrorism from groups like the KKK (Ku Klux Klan), revoke of voting privileges and others. • Was this the only • The answer is no, there is one other group that in particular that has suffered as much as suffered at the hands of White the African-Americans in the South and Society? that is the Native Americans in the west.