the gilded age i. the new south a. visions of a new south b. the economy c. african-americans d. the...

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

Post-Civil War Southern Economy

Textiles

Post-Civil War Southern Economy

Textiles Tobacco

Post-Civil War Southern Economy

Textiles Tobacco Coal

Post-Civil War Southern Economy

Textiles Tobacco Coal Iron and Steel

Post-Civil War Southern Economy

Textiles Tobacco Coal Iron and Steel Lumber Industry

Southern Agriculture

Single Cash Crop Economy

Southern Agriculture

Single Cash Crop Economy Mostly Cotton and Tobacco

Southern Agriculture

Single Cash Crop Economy Cotton and Tobacco mostly Sharecropping and Tenant Farming

Southern Agriculture

Single Cash Crop Economy Cotton and Tobacco mostly Sharecropping and Tenant Farming Crop Lien System

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

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

The Jim Crow South

Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)

The Jim Crow South

Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote) Grandfather Clause

The Jim Crow South

Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)

1. Grandfather clause

2. Poll Tax

The Jim Crow South

Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)

1. Grandfather clause

2. Poll Tax

3. Literacy Tests

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 !

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!

Sharecropper in cabin

Homer Plessy

Plessy v. Ferguson1896 The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black,

refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and

was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct.

Plessy v. Ferguson1896 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.

Plessy v. Ferguson1896 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)

Ida B. Wells- Anti-Lynching Newspaper Editor

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

W.E.B. Dubois

W.E.B. Dubois

Well Educated--first African-American to

receive PhD from Harvard

W.E.B. Dubois

Well Educated--first African-American to

receive PhD from Harvard Wanted total equality immediately

W.E.B. Dubois

Well Educated--first African-American to

receive PhD from Harvard Wanted total equality immediately Wanted traditional higher education for

blacks

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)

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

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

Born a slave in Alabama

Booker T. Washington

Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks

Booker T. Washington

Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Booker T. Washington

Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Believed in gradual equality

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

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