1. A New South

2. Farming
Southern farmers had a difficult time finding people to work the cotton fields
Sharecropper:
Family farms a section of the land in exchange for food at harvest time
Housing is provided for sharecropping family
Tenant Farming
People paid farmers money to rent out land
The tenant farmers were able to grow what they wanted on this land

4. Cities and Industry
Southern leaders decided to rebuild a new industrialized south that would resemble the North
Railroads were needed to be built and extended throughout the South
With the increase rail lines commerce and population increased
Problem with the Southern industry was that they did not make finished goods but only early manufacturing stages

6. Funding Reconstruction
Congress provided the south with money to rebuild infrastructure or public property like roads, bridges and railroads
Southern states also created Public school systems
South was hit with heavy taxes to pay for these improvements
White southerners both wealthy and poor resented this added financial burden