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The Unit 4: American Life in the 20th Century
CS 12: I can…analyze and evaluate how immigration, internal migration and urbanization transformed American life. CS 13: I can… describe institutionalized racist practices in post-Reconstruction America.
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CS 12: I can…analyze and evaluate how immigration, internal migration and urbanization transformed American life. Read Pages Define the Great Migration Identify the Push and Pull Factors of the Great Migration. Who had a better life in the Industrial Age: African Americans or New Immigrants? Explain using multiple pieces of Evidence from BOTH New Immigrants experience and African America Experiences in your answer!
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Institutionalized vs Individual Racism Graphic Organizer:
What is it? What are examples of both today? Lecture When did it start? What are examples of it Post Reconstruction? What was most responsible for Jim Crow laws becoming the institutionalized?
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Lesson A: Military Reconstruction
Civil War was over northern troops sent down south to enforce new way of life Freedman's Bureau 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Helpers of the cause?
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Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
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Amendment XV The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. BONUS: 20 POINTS According to the 15TH Amendment, were African American men guaranteed the right to vote? Yes or No? WHY?
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Lesson B: Military Reconstruction is OVER!
Reconstruction was over northern troops left “Redeemer” Governments: re-established power and sought “Redemption of the South” Attempted to “reinstitute” white superiority over blacks. Black Codes KKK Jim Crow Laws
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Klan Activity Violence Intimidation Target: SCHOOLS
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Amendment XV The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. BONUS: 20 POINTS According to the 15TH Amendment, were African American men guaranteed the right to vote? Yes or No? WHY?
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“Jim Crow” racial caste system ( class or status) to impose white superiority through social expectations and laws Deny newly gained rights from 14th and 15th Segregated public facilities Denied access to juries, housing and jobs Literacy tests Poll taxes Grandfather Clause Jim Crow = Establish and Enforce both Individual and Institutional Racist practices!
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Bonus Opportunity 2 Small Group: Complete the literacy test!
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Compare White voter registration in the South to that of Black Voter registration in 1960.
List and Describe at least 2 reasons for your answer in #1. Compare your answer in #1 to the Percentage of voting-Age Population for both Whites and Blacks hat was Registered in 1970. Brainstorm 2-3 reasons for the changes in voter registration statistics after 1970.
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1st major case was it legal to have “separate but equal” facilities?
Those against racial discrimination challenge racism through the courts. 1st major case was it legal to have “separate but equal” facilities? Homer Plessy v. John H. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court voted 7-1 YES! Kept racism institutionalized.
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