Storyboard Work Session #1
Please take out Class Notes #19 and the third
quarter exhibit guidelines.
We will finish Reconstruction notes before
starting the work session.
We will:
*analyze how and why Reconstruction
failed to guarantee civil rights
*research and design storyboard exhibits
Worse
than
Slavery
by Thomas
Nast for
Harper’s
Weekly,
October 24,
1874
Southern Resistance to Reconstruction
Southern Bourbons (the white
Democratic leadership) led efforts
to overturn Congressional
Reconstruction, often through
illegal means, such as domestic
terrorism.
The Ku Klux Klan emerged as the
most powerful anti-Reconstruction
organization. Its activities aimed at
silencing supporters of
Reconstruction policies.
The Rise of Sharecropping
African-Americans did not achieve social-economic
opportunities as hoped; sharecropping often
resulted in debt peonage (legally tying AfricanAmerican tenant farmers to the land they worked).
Southern “Redemption”
During the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877),
Northerners became increasingly focused on other issues,
such as westward expansion, economic troubles (like the
Panic of 1873), and government corruption (“Grantism”)
The Election of 1876 resulted in an effective tie between the
Republican and Democratic candidates (Rutherford Hayes
and Samuel Tilden)
Republican and Democratic leaders negotiated the
Compromise of 1877, which gave Hayes the White House
but returned Southern state governments to Democratic
control. This deal resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops
from the South and the end of Reconstruction
The Rise of “Jim Crow”
“Jim Crow” laws created institutionalized segregation through local
and state laws
Measures such as poll taxes and literacy tests effectively
disenfranchised blacks despite rights provided in the 14th and 15th
Amendments.
Grandfather clauses prevented these barriers from applying to
white citizens
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld
segregation on the basis of a “separate but equal” doctrine, which
was not overturned until 1954.
Questions for Quiz Review
• What were the Reconstruction Amendments? What did they do?
• What was President Lincoln’s approach to Reconstruction?
• What was the Radical Republican approach to Reconstruction?
• Why did Radicals impeach President Johnson?
• Who were freedmen, carpetbaggers, and scalawags?
• Why did Radical Reconstruction fail? (4 reasons)
Storyboard Exhibit Work Session
• Work together to research your topic (if you haven’t
already done so) – the textbook is your source
• Butcher paper, colored pencils, and markers are provided
• If you know what images you would like to print, you
may send one team member to the library (four max at
any time – get your agenda signed)
• You will earn credit for use of class time – up to 100% take advantage of the time provided
• Completed exhibit due by start of class on Thursday,
February 20
Before we leave…
• Study for Quiz #5 on Thursday (Tuesday?)
– bring your regional maps with you!
• Turn in Homework 12, Focus 20, and Focus
21 if you have not already done so.
• We will have more exhibit work time after
the quiz on Thursday (Tuesday?) – still due
Thursday, February 20.