HW –
Detox pill
creation
assignment
due Friday!
Agenda:
1.) Warm-Up
2.) Turn in HW
3.) Go over today’s detox/supplement pill creation
task assignment and alternative assignment for
those without HW
4.) Head to computer lab to complete detox pill
assignment or alternative assignment
Warm-up for 03.05.13
Hello kids!
Hope you
did your
HW last
night!
The Redemption Years/The New
SoUTH
A period of time after Reconstruction
where Georgia is trying to
________________________________________________?
BEFORE (RECONSTRUCTION)
AFTER
REDEMPTION/NEW SOUTH STANDARD:
SS8H7.A - Evaluate the impact the Bourbon Triumvirate,
Henry Grady, International Cotton Exposition, Tom Watson
and the Populists, Rebecca Latimer Felton, the 1906
Atlanta Riot, the Leo Frank Case, and the county unit
system had on Georgia during this period.
B - Analyze how rights were denied to AfricanAmericans through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson,
disenfranchisement, and racial violence.
C - Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B.
DuBois, John and Lugenia Burns Hope, and Alonzo
Herndon
Race Relations Analysis Response Activity
Write a response (between 2-3 paragraphs) that answers the
following question and uses the words in the word bank
below.
1. Did life improve or worsen for African-Americans during
the Redemption period?
REQUIRED WORD BANK
New South
Redemption Period
Old South
Reconstruction Period
race relations
Jim Crow Laws
segregation
Separate-but-equal
facilities
Plessy v. Ferguson
“Whites only”
car
7/8 white, 1/8
black
Sharecroppers and
tenant farmers
Boll weevil and
drought
Moving to cities
“keep the peace”
The 1906 Atlanta
Race Riot
Martial law
lynching
White supremacy
disenfranchisement
Grandfather clause
Literacy tests
Poll tax
County unit system
Race Relations Model Writing – Par 1
During the Redemption Period, a New South
based on industry and progress was emerging to replace
the Old South of the Reconstruction Period.
Sadly, race relations did not advance significantly
during this period as Jim Crow Laws became the de facto
law of the South. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, a
man named Homer Plessy who was 7/8 white and 1/8
black challenged a Louisiana law in 1892 by sitting in the
“whites only” car of a Louisiana train. He didn’t win his
case, and the US Supreme Court said that states could
legally require separate-but-equal facilities for blacks
and whites. This gave Southern states the green light to
promote segregation in ALL areas of life by creating
more and more Jim Crow laws.
Race Relations Model Writing – Par 2
Jim Crow laws were originally created to “keep the
peace” between blacks and whites who were in coming into
contact with one another more than ever as many
sharecroppers and tenant farmers started moving to the
cities to find employment in factories because of difficulties
farming due to boll weevil infestation and drought. Jim
Crow laws were created so there would be fewer problems
between the races and less chance of violence. However,
tension between the races didn’t ease up because of Jim
Crow laws; it only got worse. The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
which lasted two days in which 26 people were killed and
hundreds were injured is an example of this. Martial law was
declared before the city once again became calm. Other
examples of violence used at this time include lynching
which was used to maintain the white supremacy of the Old
South.
Race Relations Model Writing – Par 3
During this period, disenfranchisement of black
voters was common as law after law was passed to
take away or diminish blacks’ ability to vote. In 1908,
Georgia enacted a grandfather clause that stated
that only those men whose fathers or grandfathers
had been able to vote in 1867 were now eligible to
vote. Yet others were made to take difficult literacy
tests or had to pay a poll tax to be able to vote.
Another way the black vote was diminished at this
time was through the County Unit System. This
system was in effect in Georgia until 1962 when it
was finally declared unconstitutional because it
unfairly allowed white, Southern Democrats in rural
areas to decide the outcome of a primary election.
Rid yourself of…
• The Bourbon Triumvirate
• The Convict Lease System
• Alcoholism
• Uneducated masses
• Women’s inability to vote
• Fear of speaking out about
causes that matter most
Gain..
• The right to vote (if a woman)
• Ban alcohol
• Improve education
• Reform and change the
convict lease system
• A seat in the US Senate as the
first female ever to do so!