1. Jim Crow

2. Overview Post Civil War Reconstruction Legal Struggle Social Struggle Post Civil War Reconstruction Legal Struggle Social Struggle

3. Post Civil War Radical Republicans Unionists Dixiecrats Black people

4. Radical Republicans Punish South –Reapply for statehood –Expropriate rebel leaders Empower Republican Party –Enfranchise Black voters

5. Unionists Preserve Federal government Amnesty for Rebels Revitalization of southern economy Preserve Federal government Amnesty for Rebels Revitalization of southern economy

6. Dixiecrats Reestablish pre-war political order Reestablish pre-war racial labor system Reestablish pre-war political order Reestablish pre-war racial labor system

7. Black people Family reunification Economic empowerment Freedmen’s Bureau Family reunification Economic empowerment Freedmen’s Bureau

8. Legal Struggle Black Codes Amendments and Civil Rights acts Federal Courts Black Codes Amendments and Civil Rights acts Federal Courts

9. Black Codes Establish indentured servitude Limit black political action Establish indentured servitude Limit black political action

10. Amendments and Civil Rights Amendments –13th –14th –15th Civil rights legislation Amendments –13th –14th –15th Civil rights legislation

11. Lynchings –1200 lynchings of African Americans –1400 lynchings of Mexican Americans

12. New Stereotypes –Myth of Black Rapist –health differences –intelligence –morality –Myth of Black Rapist –health differences –intelligence –morality

13. Nationalizing Race Theory –Social Darwinism –defined –movement to the rest of US –application to other “non-white races” –Social Darwinism –defined –movement to the rest of US –application to other “non-white races”

14. The Ku Klux Klan

15. 1924 –1924=20 million –members –growth outside South –1924=20 million –members –growth outside South (photo from Records of the United States Information Agency, Record Group 306, item 306- NT-650-4)

16. Klan March 1920’s –Public grouping –Political organization klan women –Public grouping –Political organization klan women