Jim Crow. Overview Post Civil War Reconstruction Legal Struggle Social Struggle Post Civil War...
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Overview
• Post Civil War Reconstruction• Legal Struggle• Social Struggle
• Post Civil War Reconstruction• Legal Struggle• Social Struggle
Post Civil War
• Radical Republicans• Unionists• Dixiecrats
• Black people
• Radical Republicans• Unionists• Dixiecrats
• Black people
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Radical Republicans
• Punish South– Reapply for
statehood– Expropriate
rebel leaders
• Empower Republican Party
– Enfranchise Black voters
• Punish South– Reapply for
statehood– Expropriate
rebel leaders
• Empower Republican Party
– Enfranchise Black voters
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Unionists
• Preserve Federal government• Amnesty for Rebels• Revitalization of southern
economy
• Preserve Federal government• Amnesty for Rebels• Revitalization of southern
economy
Dixiecrats
• Reestablish pre-war political order• Reestablish pre-war racial labor
system
• Reestablish pre-war political order• Reestablish pre-war racial labor
system
Black people
• Family reunification• Economic empowerment• Freedmen’s Bureau
• Family reunification• Economic empowerment• Freedmen’s Bureau
Legal Struggle
• Black Codes• Amendments and Civil Rights acts• Federal Courts
• Black Codes• Amendments and Civil Rights acts• Federal Courts
Black Codes
• Establish indentured servitude• Limit black political action
• Establish indentured servitude• Limit black political action
Amendments and Civil Rights• Amendments
– 13th– 14th– 15th
• Civil rights legislation
• Amendments– 13th– 14th– 15th
• Civil rights legislation
Lynchings
– 1200 lynchings of African Americans
– 1400 lynchings of Mexican Americans
– 1200 lynchings of African Americans
– 1400 lynchings of Mexican Americans
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New Stereotypes
– Myth of Black Rapist– health differences– intelligence– morality
– Myth of Black Rapist– health differences– intelligence– morality
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”
1924
– 1924=20 million
– members– growth outside
South
– 1924=20 million
– members– growth outside
South
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(photo from Records of the United States Information Agency, Record Group 306, item 306-NT-650-4)