HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I. Continuing achievementsII. Consequences and benefits of the ReconstructionIII. Overall evaluationIV. Topic 2- populisma. ParallelsOutline of Current Lecture II. Consequences/AftermathIII. Populist CrusadeIV. LynchingV. Ida B. WellsCurrent LectureConsequences -Yellow Epidemic Fever- a serious disease the south caught-the south made alliance with the north; north people were buying a lot of resources from the south; in 1880 the north owned half of the land in the south-J.P. Morgan- bought coal and steel resources; dominated the corporate finance and industrial consolidation at this time-since north was buying land, owning a lot of their resources it left the southerners economically depressedPopulist CrusadeTenant farmers- southern farmers; since they were not allowed to get loans they could not own the land they farmed on; they would get financialhelp from landowners for equipmentCrop-lien and sharecropping-they would get money from owners if they would give some of their crops to the landowner; merchants and landowners were the first ones paid from the profits of the crops; whatever was left went to the farmersThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Debt peonage- whatever income a person earned would go toward the debt they owe; many people would be so deep into their debt they would never be able to pay it off; to prevent people from leaving the county alaw was passed stating that they are not to leave until the debt is paidLynching- act of violence such as burning, shooting, and hanging were used to intimidate the blacks; served to let the blacks know white people were still superior, was a commonplace throughout the nation; they were large numbers because many people suffered from crop-lien issues, therefore it left them to complain Examples: Sam Hose-Sam got into a disagreement with his employer Alfred. During the fight, Alfred threatened to shoot Sam. Sam had an axe in his hands because he was working at the time so he used it to defend himself and threw the axe at him. After the death of Alfred the search for Sam began after the incident. He was captured in Marshallville and brought back tothe county. A mob removed him from the train to be lynched, but authorities said no. The mob ignored their pleas. He was burned and several body parts were cut offJesse Washington-was accused of raping and murdering Lucy Fryer, the wife of his white employer. He was sent to trial for a hearing, after he jury found him guilty he was lynch in from of Waco’ city hallEd Johnson-sentenced to death for the rape of Nevada Taylor; Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court had issued a stay of execution. To prevent avoidance of execution, a mob broke into the jail where Johnson was held and lynched himIda B. Wells-She documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites; she was active in women's rights and the women's suffrage; she created the law of lynching in 1893; she tried to prove the victims were
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