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Plantation owners lost their labor force

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Plantation owners lost a large portion of their wealth, even pushing some into bankruptcy

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Many plantation owners went into sharecropping, a constant cycle of debt

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Former plantation owners had to pay other sharecroppers a percentage of their crops

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They were very violent against freedmen and the government

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Farmers who didn't own slaves weren't as financially harmed than those who were

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Started a competition with African American sharecroppers who knew the land and knew how to grow better crops

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Farmers who felt a powerful sense of social superiority to slaves were now intimidated by the rising success of former slaves

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Those who resented the now freedmen joined groups and organizations that terrorized African Americans

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Those who cooperated with the republicans because of their benefits were often referred to as scalawags by people of the South

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Liberated and displaced during the reconstruction period

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Many freedmen left their plantations to look for suitable working conditions, high pay, or farming land

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Some returned to their former plantations to work in better conditions and for pay because it's the only place they knew

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Helped by the "Freedman's Bureau" and their hard work and determination

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Established churches and other institutions in their communities

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The majority of the women were widowed

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Lost their social and marital status from the passing of their husband

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They had to take on non-traditional roles in the house, work, and farming land because of their deceased husband

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Many rioted and pushed for women's rights to work in factories and non-traditional work places

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Women achieved some rights in 1868 including the right to own property in their name after being married

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Before: Fought for slave rights and freedom from slavery

During:Rioted

After:Rejoiced and created "Freedman's Bureau"

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Before: were sent to school, educated, and helped their moms and dads around the plantation

During: Had to stay at home to look after their mother’s, meaning no school

After: If the mother and father went to war, the child would be left to a relative

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Established stable families, industries, and lived in compact cities

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The northern cities closest to the south grew the most

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Still, finding jobs in the northern cities was a difficult task because of discrimination

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Maintained communication with their southern family

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Fewer restrictions after the Civil War