1. The Gilded Age I. The New South A. Visions of a New South B. The Economy C. African-Americans D. The Jim Crow South E. The Black Response

2. Post-Civil War Southern Economy  Textiles

3. Post-Civil War Southern Economy  Textiles  Tobacco

4. Post-Civil War Southern Economy  Textiles  Tobacco  Coal

5. Post-Civil War Southern Economy  Textiles  Tobacco  Coal  Iron and Steel

6. Post-Civil War Southern Economy  Textiles  Tobacco  Coal  Iron and Steel  Lumber Industry

7. Southern Agriculture  Single Cash Crop Economy

8. Southern Agriculture  Single Cash Crop Economy  Mostly Cotton and Tobacco

9. Southern Agriculture  Single Cash Crop Economy  Cotton and Tobacco mostly  Sharecropping and Tenant Farming

10. Southern Agriculture  Single Cash Crop Economy  Cotton and Tobacco mostly  Sharecropping and Tenant Farming  Crop Lien System

11.  After the Civil War, the price of cotton immediately went up to $1.00 per pound  Then began a steady downward spiral  1875- 11 cents/pound  1894- less than 5 cents/pound

12.  After the Civil War, the price of cotton immediately went up to $1.00 per pound  Then began a steady downward spiral  1875- 11 cents/pound  1894- less than 5 cents/pound  As a result- farmers had to plant more and more cotton to survive

13. The Jim Crow South  Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)

14. The Jim Crow South  Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)  Grandfather Clause

15. The Jim Crow South  Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote) 1. Grandfather clause 2. Poll Tax

16. The Jim Crow South  Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote) 1. Grandfather clause 2. Poll Tax 3. Literacy Tests

17. The Jim Crow South  Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote) 1. Grandfather clause 2. Poll Tax 3. Literacy Tests  Results La-1896: 130,000 blacks registered La-1904: 1,300 !

18. The Jim Crow South  Jim Crow Laws: Legalized Segregation in all public and private facilities 1. Transportation 2. Schools 3. Libraries 4. Drinking Fountains 5. Even morgues and funeral parlors!

19. Sharecropper in cabin

20. Homer Plessy

21. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896  The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black, refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct.

22. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896  The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black, refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct.  The Ruling: SEPARATE facilities were OK as long as they were EQUAL.

23. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896  The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black, refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct.  The Ruling: SEPARATE facilities were OK as long as they were EQUAL.  Results: Legalized Jim Crow Segregation until 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education)

24. Ida B. Wells- Anti-Lynching Newspaper Editor

25. Other Important Black Leaders  T. Thomas Fortune: helped found NAACP  “Pap” Singleton: tried to form black “colonies” in the West  Henry Turner: Organized “Back to Africa” Movement

26. W.E.B. Dubois

27.  Well Educated--first African-American to receive PhD from Harvard

28. W.E.B. Dubois  Well Educated--first African-American to receive PhD from Harvard  Wanted total equality immediately

29. W.E.B. Dubois  Well Educated--first African-American to receive PhD from Harvard  Wanted total equality immediately  Wanted traditional higher education for blacks

30. W.E.B. Dubois  Well Educated--first African-American to receive PhD from Harvard  Wanted total equality immediately  Wanted traditional higher education for blacks  The Souls of Black Folk (1903)

31. W.E.B. Dubois  Well Educated--first African-American to receive PhD from Harvard  Wanted total equality immediately  Wanted traditional higher education for blacks  The Souls of Black Folk (1903)  The Niagara Movement--led to NAACP

32. Booker T. Washington

33.  Born a slave in Alabama

34. Booker T. Washington  Born a slave in Alabama  Believed in vocational education for blacks

35. Booker T. Washington  Born a slave in Alabama  Believed in vocational education for blacks  Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

36. Booker T. Washington  Born a slave in Alabama  Believed in vocational education for blacks  Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama  Believed in gradual equality

37. Booker T. Washington  Born a slave in Alabama  Believed in vocational education for blacks  Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama  Believed in gradual equality  Accused of being an accomodationist or Uncle Tom

38. Booker T. Washington  Born a slave in Alabama  Believed in vocational education for blacks  Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama  Believed in gradual equality  Accused of being an accommodationist or Uncle Tom  Received much white support