08.06 reconstruction—reconstruction chart type of change example of one change caused by the civil war and reconstruction example of one challenge to the change political economic social answer the following questions in complete sentences. be sure to include at least two specific details from the lesson to support your response. 1. which type of change—political, social, or economic—had the most impact on southern life? 2. which type of change—political, social, or economic—faced the most challenges? why were southerners against this type of change? 3. for the first hundred years of the united states, only white males were able to vote. since then, amendments to the constitution have made it so that any citizen aged 18 or older can vote. which amendments granted different groups the right to vote? why were amendments needed to expand voting rights?

1. After the Civil War, the economic change had the most severe impact on Southern life. Before the Civil War, plantation owners relied on free labor from slaves in order to make profits. When rejoining the Union after the Civil War, these plantation owners could no longer have slaves. They either had to pay their workers or lease plots of their land (in a system called sharecropping) so that people would work for them. This reduced the amount of money plantation owners were able to make.

2. Social changes were the most difficult type of change in the South. This is because many people felt that newly freed slaves were still inferior to white citizens. Along with this, white citizens tried to stop African-Americans from using the rights given to them in the US Constitution.

3. The 15th amendment gave African-American men over the age of 21 the right to vote. The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. 26th amendment gives 18 year old citizens the right to vote. These amendments were needed because state laws limited the aforementioned group of people from voting.