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TOPIC 1: THE NEW SOUTHAUGUST 13TH- AUGUST 24TH
OBJECTIVE (STANDARD)
1A
IDENTIFY THE ROLE THAT THE
KU KLUX KLAN AND THE
REDEEMERS PLAYED IN
VOTER INTIMIDATION
DURING NATIONAL
ELECTIONS FROM 1868 TO
1876.
WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR?
• THE STRUGGLE FOR THE MEANING OF FREEDOM
• FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS: ONLY WAY FOR FREEDOM WAS LAND
REFORM- TAKE LAND FROM WHITES AND GIVE TO BLACKS.
• OTHERS WANTED LEGAL EQUALITY. BUT THEY ALL WANTED
INDEPENDENCE FROM WHITE CONTROL.
• FOR WHITES: NO INTERFERENCE FROM THE NORTH OR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THEY FOUGHT FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL
CONTROL AND WHITE SUPREMACY.
BLACK CODES
• POLICE COULD APPREHEND UNEMPLOYED BLACKS, FINE THEM FOR
VAGRANCY, AND HIRE THEM OUT TO SATISFY FINES.
• FORBADE BLACKS TO OWN OR LEASE LAND, OR ANY JOB OTHER THAN
PLANTATION WORKER OR DOMESTIC SERVANT.
• CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866- BLACKS WERE CITIZENS AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT POWER TO INTERVENE IN STATE AFFAIRS TO PROTECT THE
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS
RECONSTRUCTION
• DIVIDED THE SOUTH INTO 5
MILITARY DISTRICTS
• FREEMEN’S BUREAU- SET UP TO
HELP NEWLY FREED MEN.
• CARPETBAGGER- NORTHERNERS
WHO CAME TO WORK IN THE
SOUTH AS REFORMERS
• SCALAWAGS- SOUTHERN WHO
SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT
KU KLUX KLAN
• ORGANIZED IN 1866 IN TENNESSEE
• PURPOSE WAS TO OPPOSE CIVIL RIGHTS
• INTIMIDATION & VIOLENCE TO UNDERMINE
RECONSTRUCTION
• TERRORISM TO FRIGHTEN OR PHYSICALLY BAR BLACKS
FROM VOTING REPUBLICAN
• ATTACKING INDIVIDUALS AND LYNCHING
• ECONOMIC PRESSURE- COULDN’T RENT LAND, CREDIT,
WORK.
• LOCAL AUTHORITIES TURNED A BLIND EYE
HISTORY.COM VIDEO ON 15TH AMENDMENT
THE REDEEMERS
• SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS
• DECREASE THE SIZE OF THE
GOVERNMENT
• DECREASE TAXES
• DECREASE RACIAL EQUALITY
• POLL TAXES
• LITERACY TESTS
ELECTION OF 1868
SEE THE HANDOUT- GRANT,
RECONSTRUCTION, AND THE KKK.
LITERACY TEST
OBJECTIVE (STANDARD)
1B
ASSESS HOW/WHY THE
COMPROMISE OF 1877 LED TO
THE RETURN OF ONE-PARTY
DEMOCRATIC PARTY RULE IN THE
SOUTH AND THE SUBSEQUENT
RISE OF THE REDEEMER STATE
GOVERNMENTS.
COMPROMISE OF 1877
• ELECTION OF 1876• RUTHERFORD B HAYES (REPUBLICAN) VS. SAMUEL TILDEN (DEMOCRAT)• TILDEN SEEMINGLY WON, BUT REPUBLICANS DISPUTED 20 ELECTORAL
VOTES.• CONGRESS APPOINTED A COMMISSION, VOTED 8-7 FOR HAYES, WITH
SOME BEHIND THE SCENES DEALS-• HAYES WOULD BE PRESIDENT IN RETURN FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL TROOPS• AID SOUTHERNERS WITH PUBLIC PROJECTS
• BASICALLY ENDED RECONSTRUCTION
HOW DOES THE COMPROMISE OF 1877 CHANGE THE SOUTH?
• THE COMPROMISE RESTORED ‘HOME RULE’• SOUTH FELL UNDER CONTROL OF A POWERFUL, CONSERVATIVE
OLIGARCHY, MEMBERS KNOWN AS ‘REDEEMERS’• OLD PLANTER ELITE OR NEW RULING CLASS OF MERCHANTS,
INDUSTRIALISTS, RAILROAD DEVELOPERS, FINANCIERS.• DEMOCRATS LOWERED TAXES, REDUCED SPENDING, DRASTICALLY
DIMINISHED STATE SERVICES• ELIMINATED OR REDUCED SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TURNING POINT?
IS THE COMPROMISE A TURNING POINT IN HISTORY?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
WHAT ARE YOUR REASONS (EVIDENCE) FOR YOUR DECISION?
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
• WHAT DID THE COMPROMISE OF 1877 MEAN FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS?
• DID THE WHITE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS WHO PROMISED THAT
THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS AS PART OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1877
HOLD TRUE TO THIS PROMISE?
• WHY DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GAVE UP ON
SUPPORTING CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THIS ERA?
SUPPORT ALL YOUR ANSWERS WITH EVIDENCE
BELLWORKWEDNESDAY
AUGUST 15TH
-WHAT DO YOU SEE?
-WHAT DO YOU INFER?
OBJECTIVE (STANDARD)
1C
DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF THE
LOST CAUSE MYTH IN
SHAPING SOUTHERN RACE
RELATIONS, POLITICS, THE
ECONOMY, AND CULTURE
DURING THE POST-CIVIL
WAR SOUTH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE LOST
CAUSE MYTH?
BELLWORK THURSDAY AUGUST 16TH
LIST ONE WAY THE LOST
CAUSE MYTH TRIED TO MAKE
THE SOUTH LOOK GOOD
OBJECTIVE (STANDARD)
1D
EXPLAIN HOW/WHY
SHARECROPPING BECAME
THE DOMINANT FORM OF
AGRICULTURAL LABOR IN
THE POST CIVIL WAR
SOUTH.
SHARECROPPING
A SYSTEM WHEREBY FARMERS (FORMER SLAVES)
RECEIVE SUPPLIES AND LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR
PROVIDING A SHARE OF THE CROP TO THE
LANDOWNER.
SHARECROP
PING VIDEO
UNDERSTANDING SHARECROPPING
READ PAGE T63 IN THE TEXTBOOK
UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING TERMS- NEW
SOUTH, TENANT FARMERS, SHARECROPPERS,
CROP LIENS, AND DEBT PEONAGE
SHARECROPPING CYCLE
SHARECROPPING BY COUNTY
CONTRACT HANDOUT
READ THE 1882 SHARECROPPING CONTRACT.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF
PAPER.
TITLE YOUR PAPER ‘SHARECROPPING CONTRACT’,
AND INCLUDE THE DATE.
BELLWORK FRIDAY AUGUST 17TH
WHY DID SHARECROPPING
DOMINATE THE SOUTHERN
ECONOMY?
OBJECTIVE (STANDARD)
1E
EXPLAIN THE RISE OF THE NEW SOUTH
MILL ECONOMY INCLUDING
DISCUSSION OF SOUTHERN
BOOSTERS, THE PLIGHT OF POOR
WHITES AND BLACKS, THE COLLAPSE
OF THE SOUTHERN ECONOMY
FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR, AND
NORTHERN INVESTMENT IN
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME
QUESTIONS FROM VIDEO
CARTOON ANALYSIS
•GROUPS OF 3
•REVIEW YOUR ‘HIPPO’ AND ‘CARTOON ANALYSIS’
SHEET
• EACH GROUP WILL GET ONE CARTOON TO
REVIEW
BELLWORK MONDAY AUGUST 20TH
WHICH ARE THE CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS?
WHAT PROTECTIONS DO THEY OFFER?
OBJECTIVE 1F
EXPLAIN HOW JIM CROW
LAWS CIRCUMVENTED
THE 13TH, 14TH, AND
15TH AMENDMENTS OF
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
ORIGINS OF JIM CROW LAWS
ORIGN OF JIM CROW LAWS
ORIGIN OF JIM CROW LAWS- BLACK CODES AND
RECONSTRUCTION
ORIGIN OF JIM CROW LAWS- 14TH AND 15TH AMENDMENTS
QUESTIONS ON JIM CROW READING
1- WHAT HAPPENED IN 1877 TO NO LONGER PROTECT THE SOUTH?
2- HOW DID SOCIETY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHANGE AFTER THE END OF SLAVERY?
3- WHAT ARE BLACK CODES?
4- WHO WAS JIM CROW?
5- HOW WERE PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOR CONTROLLED IN THE SOUTH?
6- WHO WAS CONSIDERED BLACK?
7- WHAT ARE THE 5 AREAS OF JIM CROW LAWS?
ICIVICS- JIM CROWDON’T WRITE ON MY HANDOUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. A SHORT READING ON THE HISTORY OF JIM
CROW LAW AS A CLASS.
2. EXAMINE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE
DURING JIM CROW LAWS
CLOSURE- EXIT TICKET- WRITTEN ANSWER
HOW DID JIM CROW LAWS
CIRCUMVENT(GO AROUND) THE
CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS?
BELLWORK TUESDAY AUGUST 21ST
WHY ARE THEY CALL JIM CROW LAWS?
OBJECTIVE 1F
EXPLAIN HOW JIM
CROW LAWS
CIRCUMVENTED THE
13TH, 14TH, AND 15TH
AMENDMENTS OF THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION.
JIM CROW LAWS
IN SMALL GROUPS, READ THE VARIOUS JIM
CROW LAWS PASSED IN THE SOUTH.
AS A GROUP, COME UP WITH YOUR ‘TOP’ 3 TO
SHARE OUT WITH THE CLASS.
TIMELINE ACTIVITY
IN THOSE SAME GROUPS, YOU WILL PUT THE EVENTS IN ORDER ON A TIMELINE,
WITH APPROXIMATE DATES ON A SEPARATE SHEET. YOU MAY ONLY USE YOUR
NOTES AND TEXTBOOK. USE OF PHONES GETS YOUR GROUP A ZERO FOR THE
DAY.
1ST PLACE- 7 EXTRA POINTS ON FRIDAY TEST
2ND PLACE- 5 EXTRA POINTS ON FRIDAY TEST
3RD PLACE- 3 EXTRA POINTS ON FRIDAY TEST
CREATE A TEST QUESTION
I WANT YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO CREATE A TEST
QUESTION FOR ME THAT I COULD USE ON THE TEST.
FROM ANYTHING WE HAVE COVERED. THE MORE
CHALLENGING THE QUESTION, THE MORE LIKELY I AM
TO USE IT. EXTRA CREDIT IF I DO.
BELLWORK WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22ND
WHY AREN’T JIM CROW LAWS A
VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION?
GRAB A SHEET ON THE TABLE
OBJECTIVE 1G
UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL, ECONOMIC
AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF JIM CROW
LAWS IN THE RACIALLY SEGREGATED
SOUTH INCLUDING LYNCHING, PLESSY V.
FERGUSON (1896), JIM CROW
ADVOCATES AND ATTEMPTS BY AFRICAN
AMERICANS TO RESIST SEGREGATION.
TIMELINE FROM YESTERDAY
13TH AMENDMENT CONGRESS PASSED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT (NOT
1965)
PLESSY V FERGUSON GAINES V CANADA (1938)
MONTGOMERY BUSY BOYCOTT VOTING RIGHTS ACT PASSED
MLK ASSASSINATED EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
14TH AMENDMENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1875 UNCONSTITUTIONAL
FOUNDING OF NAACP BROWN V BOARD OF EDUCATON
MLK ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ SPEECH THURGOOD MARSHALL SWORN INTO SUPREME
COURT
DOES TREATING PEOPLE EQUALLY MEAN TREATING THEM THE SAME?
• THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS OR WRITE YOUR ANSWERS:
• DOES TREATING PEOPLE EQUALLY MEAN TREATING THEM THE SAME?
• WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO TREAT PEOPLE EQUALLY IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS?
• A MAN AND A WOMAN APPLY FOR A JOB AS A SHOE SALES PERSON. WHAT WOULD THE EMPLOYER HAVE TO DO TO
TREAT THESE TWO APPLICANTS EQUALLY?
• TWO PATIENTS COME TO A DOCTOR WITH A HEADACHE. THE DOCTOR DETERMINES THAT ONE PATIENT HAS A BRAIN
TUMOR AND THE OTHER PATIENT HAS A RUN-OF-THE MILL HEADACHE. WHAT WOULD THE DOCTOR HAVE TO DO TO
TREAT THESE TWO PATIENTS EQUALLY?
• TWO STUDENTS TRY TO ENTER A SCHOOL THAT HAS STAIRS LEADING TO THE ENTRANCE. ONE STUDENT IS
HANDICAPPED AND THE OTHER IS NOT. WHAT WOULD THE SCHOOL HAVE TO DO TO TREAT THESE TWO STUDENTS
EQUALLY?
• TWO STUDENTS LIVE IN THE SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE STUDENTS ARE THE SAME AGE, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT
RACES. WHAT DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TO DO TO TREAT THESE TWO STUDENTS EQUALLY?
BACKGROUND
ORIGINS OF JIM CROW- COMPROMISE OF 1877 AND PLESSY VS. FERGUSON
SUPREME COURT CASE
PLEASE READ THE HANDOUT. PLESSY V FERGUSON SIDE.
THINK ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS AS YOU READ:
• WHAT ARE THE FACTS OF THE CASE?
• WHAT IS THE ISSUE? MEANING, WHAT LAW OR LAWS ARE
IN QUESTION?
PLESSY VS. FERGUSON
PLESSY V FERGUSON VIDEO
INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION
READ THE ‘MAJORITY OPINION’ AND ‘DISSENTING OPINION’
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE.
HOW DO THEY LOOK AT THE 14TH AMENDMENT
DIFFERENTLY?
EXIT TICKET
HOW DID THE PLESSY SUPREME COURT
DECISION AFFECT AFRICAN AMERICANS?
BELLWORK THURSDAY AUGUST 24TH
WHAT LAW WAS PLESSY ACCUSED OF VIOLATING?
WHAT LAW DID HE THINK WAS VIOLATED?
GRAB A SHEET.
OBJECTIVE 1G
UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL, ECONOMIC
AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF JIM CROW
LAWS IN THE RACIALLY SEGREGATED
SOUTH INCLUDING LYNCHING, PLESSY V.
FERGUSON (1896), JIM CROW
ADVOCATES AND ATTEMPTS BY AFRICAN
AMERICANS TO RESIST SEGREGATION.
PLESSY VS. FERGUSON
PLESSY V FERGUSON VIDEO
INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION
READ THE DOCUMENT AND ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW #1-3
THINGS TO REVIEW FOR THE QUIZ
• LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
• RECONSTRUCTION
• AMENDMENTS
• COMPROMISE OF 1877
• LOST CAUSE MYTH
• SHARECROPPING
• JIM CROW LAWS
• PLESSY VS. FERGUSON
BELLWORK FRIDAY AUGUST 24TH
REVIEW YOUR NOTES FOR THE TOPIC 1 TEST
PREPARE YOUR BELLWORK TO BE TURNED IN
GOOD LUCK!!!