Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Postbellum TexasSlide 5CattlePopulismThe Post-Reconstruction Order1904: Roosevelt (R); Parker (D)Slide 10Democratic Dominance in the SouthSlide 12Loose Factionalism, DemagoguesPolitical Economy and Political Culture, continuedThe New Blueprint: Limitation and Fragmentation (1876 Constitution)-Reduced salaries for state officials-Governor stripped of most appointive powers; most offices made elective-Terms of office shortened-In order to ensure that their objectives were met, the authors of the Constitution went into explicit detailPostbellum 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“The Lost Cause” &The Bloody ShirtCattlePopulism-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?The Post-Reconstruction OrderSegregation- 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” clauseDemocratic Dominance: Political control by white Democrats was secured through the Poll Tax and White Primary1904: Roosevelt (R); Parker (D)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 electionsLoose Factionalism,