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Economic Impacts of Reconstruction on South Carolinians Across Social Classes

The Reconstruction era significantly transformed the economic landscape of South Carolina, affecting various social classes differently. The planter elite faced a loss of their workforce, leading to the rise of sharecropping, while freedmen struggled with job instability. Small farmers competed with African American sharecroppers, impacting their economic viability. Women's roles evolved across all classes, taking on non-traditional positions, despite limited rights under the 1868 Constitution. Northern immigrants, viewed with suspicion as "carpetbaggers," attempted to contribute but faced social rejection from white society.

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Economic Impacts of Reconstruction on South Carolinians Across Social Classes

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  1. 8-5.2 Describe the economic impact of Reconstruction on South Carolinians in each of the various social classes. Reconstruction

  2. Key Vocabulary • Scalawags • Carpetbagger • entrepreneur • Freedmen

  3. Key Concepts • The planter elite lost their labor force and the freedmen lost their jobs, so share cropping developed. • Small farmers who had not owned slaves now had to compete with the African American sharecroppers at market.

  4. The impact upon women depended upon their social class. Women of all classes took on non-traditional roles. The Constitution of 1868 provided limited rights for women.

  5. Northern immigrants came to the south as teachers, missionaries or entrepreneurs. Southerners reviled them as “carpetbaggers” and they were not accepted by white society.

  6. Sharecropping http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/97722585?access_key=key-1wl2s0o2e6eyj2kc9mdz&allow_share=true

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