ISSUES OF RECONSTRUCTION THE ECONOMY DRIVES IT ALL

Economics of Reconstruction Economics – ___________________________ _______________________

THE SOUTH The Southern Economy is ________________________ Farming is the basis of all money making (Cash Crops – _________, _________) All “luxury” items are imported from the North

Agricultural Societies Need  _________  _________ to ship goods  Accommodating _________  Rich _________ THE SOUTH HAD ALL OF THIS (Slavery was very cheap)

The North The Northern Economy is very _________ Business is the basis for all money making The North is self sufficient with some farms supplying food and industry providing luxury items

INDUSTRIAL CENTER NEEDS  _________  _________ for shipping goods  _________ (money to invest) The North had all of this but did not rely on _________ as much as South

WITHOUT SLAVERY The South loses __________________ The North gains the _________ – they are used to _________ cheap labor

Where are the Industrial cities?  New York  Chicago  Cleveland  Pittsburg  Detroit  Others??? Do you see a pattern here?

Where are the Agricultural cities?  ?????? Harder to pinpoint – but what _________ of the country comes to mind??? _________

_________ DRIVES _________ “It’s the economy stupid”

The NORTH  Tended to be _________  NOT _________  Raised with “ __________________ ”  Grew up in a racist culture, but had more exposure to difference in city life

THE SOUTH  Tended to be _________  Were _________ who needed to protect their crops  Grew up in a racist culture that was __________________ to their way of life

**REMEMBER** _________were not allowed to vote when speaking of RECONSTRUCTION they were still fighting for their own rights (voting, owning property etc…)

Panic of 1873  Economy slips (“It’s the economy, stupid”)  Northerners and Southerners lose money and they blame the party in office ( _________ )  _________ lose support – _________ states see rush of _________ elected to state government

ECONOMY AND SOCIETY The South is _________ by the North  Army is _________ (“reconstruction”)  Southerners are _________ and ______

Republicans won the war and the election SO: _________ make the _________ (but remember the economy _________ and they are losing support)

FEDERAL LAWS US Congress _________, US President _________, US Supreme Court _________ A _________cannot pass a law that infringes upon a _________law

Federal Laws passed during Reconstruction 13 th Amendment – Adds a section to the Constitution that says _________ 14 th Amendment - Adds a section to the Constitution that says _________ _________ (extends rights ensured by the Constitution to ex-slaves) 15 th Amendment - Adds a section to the Constitution that says __________________

REDEEMERS  Remember how the Republicans were losing _________ ???  State elections were electing _________ – Southern _________ who wanted to return the Southern society to how it used to _________

BLACK CODES  _________ and _________ laws passed by Redeemers that returned working conditions to _________ situations  If you were African American and were employed by a White person – you were referred to as _________and your white employer was to be called _________

BLACK CODES  _________  _________ (Freedmen’s Bureau)

Plessy v. Ferguson  Homer Plessy looks white  He is 1/8 African American living in Lousiana  He boards a train and sits in the White Car  He sues claiming that the state segregation law limits his right to pursue life, liberty and happiness (rights from the Constitution)

THE FIGHT FOR PLESSY State and Local courts cannot decide who is right

SUPREME COURT DECISION Does _________ violate the rights granted by the US Constitution???

RULING in Plessy v Ferguson NO – as long as segregation is _________ but _________

Only 1 of the Justices Dissents (disagrees) John Marshall Harlan says: “In the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens… Our Constitution is color – blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights all citizens are equal before the law.”

WHAT DOES HARLAN MEAN? The law is not to be __________________

SIMILARITIES TO TODAY How does the Plessy v. Ferguson debate seem similar to the current debate on a Gay Marriage Ban Amendment?

Plessy v Ferguson is _________ by Brown v Board