Unit 4: Notes 5th Period Redmon Quiz Friday

Industrialization And Progressivism 

The Reconstruction Era Begins

-Northerns become outraged with southern state govts as they passed Black Codes

-Black Codes Regulated every aspect of the live of the newly freed former slaves

The Reconstruction Era Begins Cont.

-Republican congress refused to recognize the new Southern govt

-Pass Civil Rights Act

-13th Amendment: Slavery is unconstitutional

-14th Amendment: Gave citizenship to all slaves

-15th Amendment:This included voting rights

-Reconstruction Acts of 1867

-Weakness radical republicans fear they would use military force

Recap

-What were black codes

-What were some tasks that were illegal for blacks in the South after the Civil War

-Who are freedmen

-What was the 13th Amendment

-What was the 14th Amendment

-What was the 15th Amendment

-What did the Reconstruction Acts do?

The South Under Reconstruction

-Former confederates barred from voting or holding office

-Carpetbaggers-Northerners that went south

-Scalawags-Southerners who had sided with the North in the war

The South Under Reconstruction Cont.

-Republican State govt came to power through the south

-African Americans held positions of authority in many southern govt

-Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first african american to serve in US congress

The South Under Reconstruction Cont.

-Sharecropping will start to pop up all over the south

-Tenant Farming was another form of maintaining workers that were once slaves

The South Under Reconstruction Cont.

-Share Tenancy was similar to sharecropping except that the farmworker chose what crop they would plant and bought their own supplies

-This allowed worker to save money and not go into debt to the land

Recap

-Who were carpetbaggers

-Who were Scalawags

-Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels

-What did the Republicans come to the South and do

-What is sharecropping

-What is tenant farming

-What is Share tenancy

-What happened to President Johnson

The Post Reconstruction Era

-”New south” describes the emergence of the modern industrial south that moved away from plantation and slave labor

-New Crops will be added diversitizing the crop yield

-People will move from the southern farms to cities in the south

-1877 Reconstruction Ends and Northern Troops will withdraw from the South

-Former confederate leaders were allowed to serve in public office again

-Blacks in the south will be barred from the political process

-Many blacks were reliant on white land owners for their economic survival

-The Rise of the KKK will to make a appearance in the south

-The KKK targeted teachers schools churches minister politicians and anyone that encouraged blacks to vote

-US congress will pass the enforcement acts which make it illegal to interfere with a citizen right to vote

Recap

-What does the New South mean

-People start to move from what area to what area

-What happens when reconstruction ends

-How did the South take back over

-What happened to black rights after the southerns take back over

-What group will start to rise to and terrorise blacks

-What were the enforcement acts

Jim Crow Laws

-Racial discrimination became institutionalized in the south with the passage of Jim Crow Laws

-Forced many blacks to us separate public facilities

-Jim Crow laws were meant to send a message that blacks were inferior to whites

-Plessy V Ferguson

-The south will continue to strip blacks of their rights for several decades

-Brown v Board of Education of Topeka=No Segregation In Public Schools

African American Leaders seeks reform

-Booker T Washington born into slavery

-WEB a native of great barrington massachusetts

-Ida B Wells black who fought for justice

Mind Map: Industrialization and Progressivism

Central Idea: Reconstruction Era

Main Branches:

1. The Reconstruction Era Begins

  • Northerners' Outrage

    • Southern state governments passed Black Codes

  • Black Codes

    • Regulated every aspect of life for former slaves

  • Republican Congress Actions

    • Refused to recognize new Southern governments

    • Passed Civil Rights Act

  • Key Amendments

    • 13th Amendment: Slavery is unconstitutional

    • 14th Amendment: Citizenship for all slaves

    • 15th Amendment: Voting rights for former slaves

  • Reconstruction Acts of 1867

    • Concerns over radical Republicans using military force

2. The South Under Reconstruction

  • Political Changes

    • Former Confederates barred from voting/office

    • Carpetbaggers: Northerners in the South

    • Scalawags: Southerners siding with the North

  • Republican State Governments

    • African Americans in positions of authority

    • Hiram Rhodes Revels: First African American in Congress

  • Economic Changes

    • Sharecropping and Tenant Farming

    • Share Tenancy: Workers choose crops and buy supplies

3. The Post Reconstruction Era

  • Emergence of the "New South"

    • Shift from plantation/slave labor to industrialization

    • Diversification of crops

    • Migration from farms to cities

  • End of Reconstruction (1877)

    • Withdrawal of Northern troops

    • Former Confederates regain public office

    • Black disenfranchisement and reliance on white landowners

  • Rise of the KKK

    • Targeting of black leaders and voters

    • Enforcement Acts passed to protect voting rights

4. Jim Crow Laws

  • Institutionalized Racial Discrimination

    • Separate public facilities for blacks

    • Message of inferiority

  • Key Court Cases

    • Plessy v. Ferguson: Upheld segregation

    • Brown v. Board of Education: No segregation in public schools

5. African American Leaders Seeking Reform

  • Booker T. Washington

    • Born into slavery, advocated for vocational education

  • W.E.B. Du Bois

    • Native of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, co-founder of NAACP