History 2620 WelchCurrent LectureI. Reconstruction: summary of challengesII. Election of 1876III. Lost Cause MythIV. Southern SharecroppingV. Henry Grady - editor of Atlanta ConstitutionVI. Southern IndustrializationVII. Jim Crow LawsVIII. Mississippi PlanIX. Booker T. Washington - Tuskgee InstituteX. W. E. B. DuBoisXI. Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)I. Reconstruction: summary of challengesA. 618,000 Civil War deaths and more maimed lead to lack of contributing members to economyB. Death of current presidentC. Economic cost of war disproportionate damage - $4 billion lost in South1. $100 million due to Sherman’s march2. 1800 factories in South v. 110,000 in North - North manufacturing unharmedI. 1876 Election: Hayes (Republican) v. Tilden (Democratic)A. Republican party had control so far ( Lincoln, Johnson, etc.)B. Election resulted in tie from electoral college1. Republican party argued that there was voter fraudC. Democrats let Republicans have election on two terms1. Terms: had to spend money in South, military needs to leave SouthII. Lost Cause Myth: Southern belief in glorying confederacy during war and arguing that the Civil War was fought for solely states’ rights and not to keep around slaveryIII. Southern sharecropping: land owners loaned land to tenants in exchange for part of salesA. Sharecropping becomes dependent on Crop-Lien system: loans made based on future money (essentially a ponzi scheme)IV. Henry Grady: wrote articles about the “new south” v. “old south” arguing for industrialization in the newspaper called the Atlanta ConstitutionV. Southern Industries and urbanization required natural resources, abundance of workers, capital, creation of steady institutionsA. Contributions to urbanizations1. Steel, lumber, textile mills become common2. Tobacco supported by James B. Duke and American Tobacco Co.3. Coca-Cola started by Dr. John Pemberton as medicine but largely harmfulB. Industrialization led to hostility in workplace based on bad relations between management andworkersVI. Jim Crow Laws: Bracial segregation lawsA. Laws resulted from black codesB. Jim Crow referred to the character as a racist personification of a slave in minstrel showsVII. Mississippi Plan: example of way that state laws curtailed 15th amendment giving suffrage by requiring 2 year residency and requiring interpretation of the constitution to satisfactionHistory 2620 WelchA. Understanding clause: controversial part of Mississippi plan that required interpretation of constitution to satisfaction as judged by frequently racist peersVIII. Booker T. Washington argued that blacks had to earn equality by proving themselvesIX. W. E. B. DuBois attacked views of Washington arguing that equality cannot waitX. Plessy V. Ferguson (1896): decision that allowed separate but equal segregationA. Plessy was ⅛ black and serves as a test case for Separate Car Law in Louisiana, which segregates railroad cars1. Plessy is told to leave as expected and the case goes to Supreme
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