The New South

what was the vison of the New South

a self sufficient economy built on modern capitalist views, modernized transportation, industrial growth and improved race relations

Henry Grady

editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who spread the gospel of the New South with editorials promoting economic diversity and laissez faire capitalism

1. what did Birmingham turn into

2. what did Memphis turn into

3. what did Richmond turn into

1. Nation’s largest steel producer

2. nation’s leading lumber producer

3. nation’s leading tobacco producer

what was the south integrated into

the national rail network

what slowed southern industrial growth

northern financing still dominated the southern economy

a large share of profits from southern industries went to northern banks instead of recirculating and expanding the southern economy

How was the south hampered by education

they did not put money int building new schools for white and black citizens, and because of this many people in the south lacked the skills they needed to be successful in the rapidly evolving nation

what kept farmers in vicious cycles of debt

southern banks had very little money to lend to farmers, forcing farmers to borrow supplies from local merchants and place a mortgage on their crops to be paid at harvest

Democratic leaders that came into power in the south after reconstruction

redeemers

Plessy V Fergueson

upheld segregation stating that facilities needed to be “separate but equal”

wave of segregation laws passed by the federal court

Jim Crow Laws

how did southern states keep black people from voting

literacy tests

poll taxes

grandfather clauses (giving someone right to vote if their grandfather voted in elections before reconstruction)

Booker T Washington view on segregation

he said that African Americans should not try to fight segregation, and should instead aim to accommodate it and focus on working hard to achieve liberties.

what was W.E.B DuBois’s view on segregation

he said African Americans should call for an end to segregation