POLS 2312 1st Edition Lecture 6 Current Lecture 1861 1875 After the defeat of the confederacy we enter a period of Reconstruction Black men got the right to vote amendment was passed States were being redeemed by Black rule Postbellum Texas Dominance of Agriculture Growth of railroads New Labor System Farm Tenancy and Sharecropping Tenants paid back loans and for rent with portions of the crops they harvested Focus more on just cotton growth which was connected to the growth of railroads Democratic Party after the war is following the Constitution If you voted for the Democratic Party back then you would be betraying the Confederacy Cattle The cattle industry in Texas started to dominate in Western Texas Populism rural revolt which became a major problem after the war a response to worsening conditions in the rural South and West organizations such as the southern Farmer s Alliance favored agricultural cooperatives a sub treasury system and a looser money supply Texas Railroad Commission 1891 A challenge to Democratic dominance Populist where wanting to create a looser money supply Less money in circulation so more money These 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 Jim Hogg put many things under populism to help the people out The Post Reconstruction Order Segregation Plessy v Ferguson 1896 the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation arguing that separate but equal train cars and other facilities did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment s equal protection clause Plessy got on a train and refused to move and was arrested just like he intended om doing and was taken to court where he the 14th amendment as his defense saying that the U S has to protect the people Supreme Court upheld the segregation Democratic Dominance Political control by white Democrats was secured through the Poll Tax and White Primary Texas put laws saying that African American couldn t vote Texas also put a program of White primary Democratic is completely in dominance of the South also all the confederate states are voting for Democratic and this was the result of the Civil War Democratic Dominance in the South Between 1900 and 1950 Republicans won only 80 of 2 565 congressional elections in the South 50 victories were in 2 E Tennessee districts 17 in W North Carolina and SW Virginia 6 were in a Texas district covering part of San Antonio and a number of German counties Excepting these districts southern Republicans won only 7 of 2 434 congressional elections Presidential Election Results by the County 1928 Exact same areas where slavery was dominated