Chapter 15 Worksheet
Chapter 15 – Reconstruction & Renewal Name: Kyra Foures Who is the author of this chapter and what information can you find about the author elsewhere in the text? The author of Chapter 15 is Jerrell H. Shofner. During the chapter, I found out that during this time period, Shofner had written a book called Nor Is It Over Yet. According to this chapter, list 2 things that were in desperate need of “reconstruction” Two things that were in desperate need of "reconstruction" were the government and the economic system (money). Florida stands apart from other areas of the South in the way that General Newton handled two main areas: politics & freedmen. Discuss both. General Newton used the former slaves (freedman) "to stay on the plantation and to continue work with the ability to earn wages." (Gannon, pg. 260). Newton also had military officials take initiative in the existing political vacuum. Demand for cotton