1. Industrialization and Progressivism
Unit 2
Content Statement 13

2. CONTENT STATEMENT 13
Following Reconstruction, old political and social structures reemerged and racial discrimination was institutionalized.

3. 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

6. 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

7. 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Many Reconstruction reforms were repealed

8. READMITTED TO CONGRESS DEMOCRATS GAIN CONTROL
STATE
SECESSION
JOINED CONFEDERACY
READMITTED TO CONGRESS
DEMOCRATS GAIN CONTROL
South Carolina
Dec
Feb
July
Apr
Mississippi
Jan
Feb
Jan
Florida
Jan
June
Jan
Alabama
Jan
July
Nov
Georgia
Jan
July
Nov
Louisiana
Jan
Jan
Texas
Feb
Mar
Mar
Jan
Virginia
Apr
May
Jan
Oct
Arkansas
May
May
June
Nov
North Carolina
May
May
July
Nov
Tennessee
June
July
Oct

9. JIM CROW LAWS Institutionalized racism
Became required laws in most southern states
Required segregation
Prohibited miscegenation (interracial marriage)
Limited access to voting ballots

16. 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

20. 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