(Referring back to your notes from Friday if necessary… (Referring back to your notes from Friday if necessary….) WHY DID RECONSTRUCTION END IN 1877? Brainstorm reasons…
COMPROMISE OF 1877 South/ Democrats: accepts Rutherford B. Hayes as president in disputed 1876 election Republicans: pull last troops out of south http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpqGUT53Vgk Reconstruction over, southern states Return to “home rule” “Solid South”: Democrat party dominates until 1966
After Reconstruction: Creating The Jim Crow South
The 15th Amendment guarantees blacks the right to vote How could states get around this?
I. Losing the right to vote Literacy tests- had to prove you could read and write Poll taxes- charged money to vote “Grandfather clause”- you could only vote if your grandfather could vote
What do you know about “segregation”?
Jim Crow laws Segregation- separating white and black races in public and private places Jim Crow Laws- laws enacted to restrict the freedoms of African Americans and implement segregation http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-jim-crow-laws.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaUoZE2njzg
Violence and intimidation
Lynching- hanging of people by mobs of citizens What details do you notice about these horrible pictures of lynchings?
Why do you think lynchings went unpunished in the south?
Lynchings in America from 1882-1968
If you owned your own restaurant, should you be allowed to let in whomever you want? Why or why not?
14th Amendment: No state shall…… what about private businesses?
1883- “Civil Rights Cases” SUMMARY: The 14th Amendment does not apply to individual citizens/ businesses, just states Congress can’t pass laws to force inns, theaters, trains, etc. to desegregate
What race is this Man?
Homer Plessy “Octamaroon” Gets arrested on a train on purpose to challenge Louisiana’s Jim Crow train laws…
1896- Plessy v. Ferguson Establishes “separate but equal” Segregation is constitutional
Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas- 1954 Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson Declares “separate to be inherently unequal” 1957: protests to forced desegregation, Charlotte, NC, 1957
Was Reconstruction a success or failure?