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1) Warm Up! Above are examples of Black Codes/Jim Crow Laws and the effects on society. Explain how these laws kept African-Americans from gaining the rights that they were Constitutionally “guaranteed?”
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Reconstruction & its Aftermath
8-4 The South During Reconstruction
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New Groups Take Charge: African Americans in Government
2) the first… New Groups Take Charge: African Americans in Government Republican Party dominated southern politics b/c AA’s could vote & now run 4 office Lots of states where more former slaves than former slave-owners Never controlled the gov’t but… held important positions in it Nat’l Level- 16 AA’s served in H of Reps & 2 in the Senate b/t Robert B Elliot African American Repubican Party Leader – 1870s Joseph Rainey First AA elected to the House of Reps Hiram Revels- AA Senator Ordained minister; recruited 4 Union Army, started school in St. Louis4 AA’s, elected to Senate in 1870 by Missouri Blanche K. Bruce- AA Senator Former runaway; became teacher in Missouri, became Superintendent in Mississippi, elected to Senate in 1874
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New Groups Take Charge: Resistance to Reconstruction
3) Kept down how? New Groups Take Charge: Resistance to Reconstruction Most Southern whites hated idea of giving rts to AA’s Plantation owners tried 2 control AA’s any way they could Many told AA’s couldn’t leave plantation; still property No one would rent land to them Store owners refused to serve them Refused to give them work Used fear to keep them in line
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Some Improvements Despite the violence… Created own schools
Reconstruction brought change Esp. in education 4 both races AA’s saw it as step toward better life Created own schools Freedmen’s Bureau & charities played major role in spreading education N women and freed AA’s came to teach By ,000 schools established w/ 200,000 students More than ½ teachers were AA’s
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Some Improvements: Public Schools
4) Why more schools? Some Improvements: Public Schools 1870’s- began creating public school systems 4 both races Never existed before!!! Enrollment… 50% of white children 40% of AA children Northern Missionary Societies established academies for higher education for AA’s Some become colleges & universities Morehouse College, Atlanta U Most kids went to segregated schools Schools separated by race Only LA, FL, SC required integration, but laws not enforced
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Some Improvements: Farming the Land
AA’s also wanted land Some got it from Freedmen’s Bureau Most failed 2 get own land Only option was sharecropping, where land was rented & tools, seeds, maybe even a shack 2 live in was given in exchange 4 percentage of harvest After paying percentage… Very little left 2 sell Barely enough 2 feed family To most… This was barely better than slavery CC Reconstruction and Sharecropping (3mins) 5) Do you see this as an improvement?
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Exit Ticket 11) Exit Ticket How were African Americans “kept down” in the post civil war society in the south? Give examples
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