I) The Legacy of Reconstruction
I) The Legacy of Reconstruction
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
• 1) The avg. Southern income was 40% of a northerner
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
• 1) The avg. Southern income was 40% of a northerner • 2) Freedman were severely impoverished
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
• 1) The avg. Southern income was 40% of a northerner • 2) Freedman were severely impoverished • 3) Formerly Rich plantation owners were forced to divide their land into small plots which they would rent to tenants
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
• 1) The avg. Southern income was 40% of a northerner • 2) Freedman were severely impoverished • 3) Formerly Rich plantation owners were forced to divide their land into small plots which they would rent to tenants – a. Tenant farmers- pay rent for land they
grow food on
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
3) Formerly Rich plantation owners were forced to divide their land into small plots which they would rent to tenants – a. Tenant farmers- pay rent for land they
grow food on
– b. 1) Sharecropping- pay the rent with
part of their crop
A) Southern Leaders wanted to rebuild the South w/ Industry
3) Formerly Rich plantation owners were forced to divide their land into small plots which they would rent to tenants – a. Tenant farmers- pay rent for land they
grow food on
– b. Sharecropping- pay the rent with part of
their crop
• 1. Problems: had to borrow $ for tools, seeds,
etc.
• 2. Low crop prices
B) Reversing Reconstruction
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 1. When the southern Democrats regained control, they ended free public education
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 1. When the southern Democrats regained control, they ended free public education • 2. Created New Voting Laws
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 1. When the southern Democrats regained control, they ended free public education • 2. Created New Voting Laws – a. Must pay a poll tax- fee for voting
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 1. When the southern Democrats regained control, they ended free public education • 2. Created New Voting Laws – a. Must pay a poll tax- fee for voting – b. Some areas had to pass a literacy test
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 1. When the southern Democrats regained control, they ended free public education • 2. Created New Voting Laws – a. Must pay a poll tax- fee for voting – b. Some areas had to pass a literacy test – c. Did not violate the 15
th Amendment, whites had to pass/pay too
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 3. Jim Crow Laws - a slang term for segregation laws Here is an illustration of Jim Crow, a stereotypical racist depiction of an African American man, dancing in a field. The term, "Jim Crow," would come to represent the segregated facilities in the South and the laws that provided for them.
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 3. Jim Crow Laws - a slang term for segregation laws • 4. Segregation- the forced separation of races in public places
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 5. Plessy v. Ferguson
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 5. Plessy v. Ferguson – a. Some thought Jim Crow Laws violated
14 th amendment
B) Reversing Reconstruction
• 5. Plessy v. Ferguson – a. Some thought Jim Crow Laws violated
14 th amendment
– b. Supreme Court ruled that as long as the
facilities were equal, they could be separate
C) African- American responses to Segregation
C) African- American responses to Segregation
• 1. Open Disobedience
C) African- American responses to Segregation
• 1. Open Disobedience – a. some openly violated the laws
C) African- American responses to Segregation
• 1. Open Disobedience – a. some openly violated the laws\ – b. W.E.B. Dubois would later encourage
blacks to stand up to discrimination
C) African- American responses to Segregation
• 2. Migration – a. Some moved North
C) African- American responses to Segregation
• 2. Migration – a. Some moved North – b. Other returned to Africa
C) African- American responses to Segregation
• 2. Migration – a. Some moved North – b. Other returned to Africa – c. Some stayed put and attempted to
create tight knit communities that educated the youth
D) Reconstruction was a FAILURE!!!
