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The Gilded Age I. The New South A. Visions of a New South B. The Economy C. African- Americans D. The Jim Crow South E. The Black Response
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The Gilded Age
I. The New South A. Visions of a New South B. The Economy C. African-Americans D. The Jim Crow South E. The Black Response
Post-Civil War Southern Economy
Textiles
Post-Civil War Southern Economy
Textiles Tobacco
Post-Civil War Southern Economy
Textiles Tobacco Coal
Post-Civil War Southern Economy
Textiles Tobacco Coal Iron and Steel
Post-Civil War Southern Economy
Textiles Tobacco Coal Iron and Steel Lumber Industry
Southern Agriculture
Single Cash Crop Economy
Southern Agriculture
Single Cash Crop Economy Mostly Cotton and Tobacco
Southern Agriculture
Single Cash Crop Economy Cotton and Tobacco mostly Sharecropping and Tenant Farming
Southern Agriculture
Single Cash Crop Economy Cotton and Tobacco mostly Sharecropping and Tenant Farming Crop Lien System
After the Civil War, the price of cotton immediately went up to $1.00 per pound
Then began a steady downward spiral 1875- 11 cents/pound 1894- less than 5 cents/pound
After the Civil War, the price of cotton immediately went up to $1.00 per pound
Then began a steady downward spiral 1875- 11 cents/pound 1894- less than 5 cents/pound As a result- farmers had to plant more
and more cotton to survive
The Jim Crow South
Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)
The Jim Crow South
Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote) Grandfather Clause
The Jim Crow South
Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)
1. Grandfather clause
2. Poll Tax
The Jim Crow South
Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)
1. Grandfather clause
2. Poll Tax
3. Literacy Tests
The Jim Crow South
Disenfranchisement (loss of the vote)
1. Grandfather clause
2. Poll Tax
3. Literacy Tests Results
La-1896: 130,000 blacks registered
La-1904: 1,300 !
The Jim Crow South
Jim Crow Laws: Legalized Segregation
in all public and private facilities
1. Transportation
2. Schools
3. Libraries
4. Drinking Fountains
5. Even morgues and funeral parlors!
Sharecropper in cabin
Homer Plessy
Plessy v. Ferguson1896 The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black,
refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and
was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct.
Plessy v. Ferguson1896 The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black,
refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and
was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct. The Ruling: SEPARATE facilities were
OK as long as they were EQUAL.
Plessy v. Ferguson1896 The Case: Homer Plessy, 1/8th black,
refused to ride in a whites-only RR car, and
was arrested. Case appealed to Supreme Ct. The Ruling: SEPARATE facilities were
OK as long as they were EQUAL. Results: Legalized Jim Crow Segregation
until 1954 (Brown v. Board of Education)
Ida B. Wells- Anti-Lynching Newspaper Editor
Other Important Black Leaders T. Thomas Fortune: helped found NAACP “Pap” Singleton: tried to form black
“colonies” in the West Henry Turner: Organized “Back to Africa”
Movement
W.E.B. Dubois
W.E.B. Dubois
Well Educated--first African-American to
receive PhD from Harvard
W.E.B. Dubois
Well Educated--first African-American to
receive PhD from Harvard Wanted total equality immediately
W.E.B. Dubois
Well Educated--first African-American to
receive PhD from Harvard Wanted total equality immediately Wanted traditional higher education for
blacks
W.E.B. Dubois
Well Educated--first African-American to
receive PhD from Harvard Wanted total equality immediately Wanted traditional higher education for
blacks The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
W.E.B. Dubois
Well Educated--first African-American to
receive PhD from Harvard Wanted total equality immediately Wanted traditional higher education for
blacks The Souls of Black Folk (1903) The Niagara Movement--led to NAACP
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
Born a slave in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks
Booker T. Washington
Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Believed in gradual equality
Booker T. Washington
Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Believed in gradual equality Accused of being an accomodationist or
Uncle Tom
Booker T. Washington
Born a slave in Alabama Believed in vocational education for blacks Founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Believed in gradual equality Accused of being an accommodationist or
Uncle Tom Received much white support
