Freedmen’s Bureau

• Organization created to provide help and services to African Americans and certain poor people in the South– Built schools– Helped people find housing– Hosted community events

Ku Klux Klan

• Group founded in 1866• Used intimidation and violence to get what they wanted• Wanted to limit the rights of African Americans and stop the

push for equality• Targeted voting rights first

… and it isn’t just a thing of the past.

So what was the overall impact of these amendments?

If you have a device on you, get it out. If not, get out paper.Pull up Socrative. You can do this by:

Casolare

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Write a tweet about which amendment was most important and why.

Can be handwritten or Edmodo post.

Post your handwritten tweets to the wall before you leave.

YOUR PARENTS CREATE A

NEW RULE THAT YOU DO

NOT LIKE. YOU WANT TO

RESIST IT WITHOUT

GETTING YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE.

TALK TO SOMEONE SITTING NEXT TO YOU ABOUT

WAYS YOU COULD RESIST THIS RULE OR GET IT

CHANGED.

AGENDA•RULE RESISTANCE

• SOUTHERN RESISTANCE TO RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS

• JIM CROW LAWS

• THE SUPREME COURT RULES IN…

TURN IN HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU LEAVE

GREEN SHEET: WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT?

MANY SOUTHERNERS RESISTED REFORMS GIVING AFRICAN AMERICANS MORE RIGHTS

•THE OFTEN TARGETED VOTING RIGHTS

•WHY?

EXAMPLES OF POLICIES LIMITING VOTING RIGHTS:

•GRANDFATHER CLAUSE: rule saying you could vote only if your grandfather could vote

Why would this be a problem?

EXAMPLES OF POLICIES LIMITING VOTING RIGHTS:

• POLL TAX: payment to the government that had to be made before an individual could vote

Why would this be an issue for African Americans?

EXAMPLES OF POLICIES LIMITING VOTING RIGHTS:

• LITERACY TESTS: rules that stated that voters needed to prove they were able to read and write before they voted

• Southerners argued that voting required intelligent decisions, so you needed to be educated to vote

• Tests were only given to African Americans

• Why do you think they did not give these tests to everyone?

OTHER LIMITATIONS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

• SEGREGATION: separating people based on

race

• Providing different facilities for different racial groups

JIM CROW LAWS• Laws that segregated Americans

• These policies existed across the country, not just in the south

WERE JIM CROW LAWS CONSTITUTIONAL?

• REFLECT IN PACKET

• DISCUSSION

THE SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN ON SEGREGATION

• Plessy v. Ferguson case

• Supreme Court Case Brief Worksheet

SUPREME COURT CASE BRIEF WORKSHEET•Used for each case we study this year

•Name and date of case at top

•BACKGROUND: What happened to cause a court case? What was the problem?

• ISSUE: What question is the Supreme Court trying to answer?

•ARGUMENTS: What evidence did each side use to prove their case? (need 2)

•DECISION: What was the answer to the issue question?

• IMPACT: How did this case change life in the U.S.?

DIRECTIONS: Use the webpage to find this info on the Plessy case.

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

•BACKGROUND: What happened to cause a court case? What was the problem?

• ISSUE: What question is the Supreme Court trying to answer?

•ARGUMENTS: What evidence did each side use to prove their case? (need 2)

•DECISION: What was the answer to the issue question?

• IMPACT: How did this case change life in the U.S.?