Populism

Bourbons Also known as “Redeemers” Former leaders of the Confederacy Most were wealthy before the war Leader: WADE HAMPTON III

Supported Rep judgesblacks and whites to offices)

Rebuild instead of Resent

Racial harmony NOT racial equality

Why is this important? AVOID NORTHERN CONFRENTATION…APPEASEMENT

Tried to disenfranchise blacks and poor whites Illiteracy clause Poll tax Eight Box Law

Districts redrawn

SIGNIFICANCE: Southerners wanted to go back to the old way of life and thought

Elites preoccupied with “Old Ways” Not concerned with small farmers Not interested in industrializing the

state Agriculture Textile mills Raw cotton

R A F T Role Audience Format Type

Around the Nation: Most states are moving towards INDUSTRIALIZATION

IN SC: RR

Post Reconstruction Industry Textile Cotton Ginning Companies Phosphate Industry Lumber and Timber Industry

MAJOR economic depression

Biggest hit AGRICULTURE

SIGNIFICANCE: people lost their faith in the government

Let’s get out our textbooks and look on pages 410-415.

For each industry, draw a graphic organizer to explain: What the resource was used for Where the resource was found How the resource affected the economy

Not a man

Hampton: race relations somewhat stable

1886: blacks blocked from voting BEGINNING

What did it do? Segregation in public schools and public

places Voting restrictions Took away rts gained in Reconstruction

Law?? Plessey vs. Ferguson: SEPARATE BUT EQUAL

Get into your groups On your board Have these things:

Title 4-5 Pictures Caption for each picture At bottom:

Describe historical event List causes of the historical event Explain the significance of the event

National Farmers Association

1871

Had white and black alliances

What was happening?

Crops were failing Crop Lien System Farm property values TANK Pests and disease

Farmer’s Reactions:

Angry Overwhelmed and overpowered Didn’t understand capitalism and

industrialization Farmers demand government bailout

Also called People’s Party

Started by people wanting CHANGE

Small farmers fed up with RR, money lenders, and other wealthy men…UNITED FOR CHANGE

Progressive income tax

Government ownership of RR

Government ownership of telegraph and phones

Loans for Farmers

8 hr. work days

Populism acrostic poem P O P U L I S M

Former Redshirt Hamburg

Governor of SC (1890-1894)

“Small Farmer”

Against Conservatives

Said he was a Populist

Education for small farmers

White supremacist

First to run as white supremacist

Very different time for SC

Tillman organized white farmers

REVERSE OF POWER Literacy test and poll tax (6 mo) Public schools segregated Interracial marriage illegal “Grandfather” clause (1860)

Tillman had idea

1887 Thomas Clemson donated land

1893 Clemson opened as an AGRICULTURE COLLEGE

Tillman hated USC and Citadel

Lynching increases dramatically

Jim Crow laws sweep across the nation, not just in SC

Ben Tillman helps the white supremacist movement racism is high around the US

“Bio Poem” on Ben Tillman

Whitney A nature protector, sensitive, type A, an idealist

Wife of a tenacious Tiger fan, mother of four furry children Lover of Grey’s Anatomy, Edward Cullen, Van Morrison, and

history Who feels stressed, desperate for free time, and ready to

graduate I need a job, more money, and more time with my husband

I fear SPIDERS, loneliness, failure, and disappointing my daddy I give in too many times, cannot say no to puppy eyes, and

give my trust easily I write about history and teach the past to the future of

tomorrow I would like to see Europe, get my PhD, and my grandmama

holding her great grandchild Resident of the Palmetto State

Patterson

line 1 First name_______________________________________________________

line 2 Four traits to describe line 1

________________________________________

line 3 Who care about __________________________________________________

line 4 Who feels _______________________________________________________

line 5 Who needs ______________________________________________________

line 6 Who gives _______________________________________________________

line 7 Who fears _______________________________________________________

line 8 Who would like to see _____________________________________________

line 9 Resident of _____________________________________________________

line 10 last name ______________________________________________________

Cash crop: COTTON

Supplied: North and GB

Upcountry

Labor Force: former slaves and poor whites

1893: Hurricane wiped out rice production

Textile industry

LG Supply of Cotton + Rivers and streams (H2O) + Huge Supply of Labor = Growth of textile industry in the upcountry

Mill Villages Shops Doctor Baseball Home

Mill owners created schools for the mill children.

Eighth grade

Baseball leagues Bowling alleys Picnics Garden clubs Fashion shows Music Roller skating Churches

Mill brochure Fold your paper into thirds 1st page: Title with picture 2nd page: Describe the area (climate,

geography, population) 3rd page: draw 2 pictures with captions 4th page: Amenities offered (or not

offered) 5th page: Why or Why not live here 6th page: sources used if needed

August 31st 1886; 6.6 on Richter Scale

No FEMA; no aid; rebuilt city in 14 months

Second largest in history

Felt as far as Boston and Chicago

Less than a min, 92 ppl died, millions in damage

1 of 7 in 20 years

Mass damage

Rice fields destroyed; never recovered

Let’s imagine….

You are all FEMA agents…your mission is to rebuild Charleston in such a way that future disasters will be prevented. Remember, you are living in the late 1800’s…

Between Cuba and Spain

Cuba wanted freedom from Spain

SC Governor Ellerbe sent 2 groups of volunteers

Never saw action

Significance: Democratic unity

American unity

Annexation of Hawaii, Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and government control of Cuba

Yellow Journalism (USS MAINE)

Immigrant: leave homeland for another country S and E Europe(Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, and Hungary)

Why move? Economic opportunity Religious and political freedom

What is it? Movement of people

19th: farms to urban

Chicago and Detroit

How? RR New Markets

Why? Moved West and North African Americans pushed out

Depression Boil Weevil Jim Crow Increasing Violence

Results of Migration Nationwide 40% in urban communities 1920: more in cities than rural areas Ethnic Neighborhoods created

Results: New religions Ethnic neighborhoods Racial tensions

SC divided into white and black communities

Immigrants voted for whoever helped them

Political Bosses Boss Tweed Ben Tillman

Result of the influx of immigration

Nativism (N)

Social Darwinism (justification)

On white paper: List even in the center

In 6 boxes around the event, in 3-4 sentences (with pictures)

Who When Why How Where Significance