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So during reconstruction, plantations owners had to work on their own. They weren't really used to it either because before the war they had slaves. Sharecropping was the new thing and tenant farming was new too. To work the land sharecroppers had to buy seeds and implements, from plantation owners who often priced them ridiculously high.

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During reconstruction former slaves were now called freedmen they fought in the war for there freedom, they fought in the war to earn their name. Most freedman men or former slaves now have jobs. Some still work on plantations but use tools and get paid with crops to feed their families. Most freedmen were sharecroppers or tenant farmers.

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During the perio of reconstruction women were trying to fight for their rights and fight for a more engaged life to the people around them instead of staying home and taking care of their families, some woman wanted to work, wanted to vote and what not. Not only were they fighting for their rights they were fighting for antislavery. Black and white women working together to fight for their rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton put together a group called the Loyal League.

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Many white small farmers turned to cotton production during Reconstruction as a way of obtaining needed cash. As cotton prices declined, many lost their land. By 1880, one third of the white farmers in the cotton states were tenants rather than landowners. Few of these farmers grew much cotton; they preferred to concentrate on food crops for their own families, marketing only a small surplus, and making most of the tools, clothing, and other items they needed at home.

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People from the north started coming in the south getting jobs and living there. Although they were living in the south they still supported the north. These people were called carpetbaggers. They moved to the south after the war to take advantage. This also caused a lot of issues throughout the south having northerners make smart remarks on how they do things and people fighting in the streets of the south.

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Before: unionist
During: unionist/ union soldiers
After: Traders/ Hated by the south

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Before: did not own slaves
During: fought in the war
After: treated new men better than slaves.

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Before: just kids
During: Volunteered in the war/ Workers of the house
After: back to being just kids/ workers of the house.