Industrialization and Progressivism Unit 2 Content Statement 13
CONTENT STATEMENT 13 Following Reconstruction, old political and social structures reemerged and racial discrimination was institutionalized.
RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH Following the Civil War, U.S. military troops were sent to southern states Military was sent to help the seceding states rebuild and protect the rights of freed slaves
RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH Reconstruction Constitutional Amendments: 13th Amendment: abolished slavery 14th Amendment: addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws 15th Amendment: prohibits government from using race or previous slave status as qualifications for voting
END OF RECONSTRUCTION The removal of federal troops caused an end to the Reconstruction Era in the south Led to the Democratic Party’s control of state governments in the south Many Reconstruction reforms were repealed
READMITTED TO CONGRESS DEMOCRATS GAIN CONTROL STATE SECESSION JOINED CONFEDERACY READMITTED TO CONGRESS DEMOCRATS GAIN CONTROL South Carolina Dec. 20 1860 Feb. 4 1861 July 9 1868 Apr. 11 1877 Mississippi Jan. 9 1861 Feb. 23 1870 Jan. 4 1876 Florida Jan. 10 1861 June 25 1868 Jan 2 1877 Alabama Jan. 11 1861 July 14 1868 Nov. 19 1874 Georgia Jan. 19 1861 July 15 1870 Nov. 1 1871 Louisiana Jan. 26 1861 Jan. 2 1877 Texas Feb. 1 1861 Mar. 2 1861 Mar. 30 1870 Jan. 14 1873 Virginia Apr. 17 1861 May 7 1861 Jan. 26 1870 Oct. 5 1869 Arkansas May 6 1861 May 18 1861 June 22 1868 Nov. 10 1874 North Carolina May 21 1861 May 16 1861 July 4 1868 Nov. 28 1870 Tennessee June 8 1861 July 24 1868 Oct. 4 1869
JIM CROW LAWS Institutionalized racism Became required laws in most southern states Required segregation Prohibited miscegenation (interracial marriage) Limited access to voting ballots
PLESSY VS. FERGUSON (1896) Separate Car Act – passed in Louisiana requiring separate accommodations for blacks and whites in railroads. Homer Plessy purchased a first class ticket to a whites only car and was arrested Supreme Court determined separate facilities were acceptable as long as they were equal Decision backed all segregation practices in the south
NATIVISM Fear of immigrants and minorities Led to increased membership in discriminatory groups (Ku Klux Klan) Citizens believed the government should favor native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants