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!!!