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Post-Reconstruction America

Post-Reconstruction America. US History Spiconardi. Black Codes Old slave codes aimed at keeping blacks at conditions close to slavery Poll Tax Tax imposed on every voter Literacy Tests  Had to prove you could read & write before you voted. Had to interpret the Constitution

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Post-Reconstruction America

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  1. Post-Reconstruction America US History Spiconardi

  2. Black Codes Old slave codes aimed at keeping blacks at conditions close to slavery Poll TaxTax imposed on every voter Literacy Tests Had to prove you could read & write before you voted. Had to interpret the Constitution Grandfather Clause If your father or grandfather was eligible to vote in 1866/1867, then you could vote even if you were illiterate or poor. Jim Crow Laws that separate blacks and whites White Control in the South

  3. Sharecropping/Tenant Farming

  4. Segregation

  5. Separate railroad cars for blacks and whites was constitutional “Separate but equal” Segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities were equal Plessy v. Ferguson

  6. Booker T. & Du Bois

  7. Booker T. Washington’s Views • Concentrate on Vocational Education • Learn a trade or skill • Tuskegee Institute Created • Accept “second class citizenship” • DO NOT fight against segregation • DO NOT fight for suffrage • Concentrate on economics • Work hard • Your rights will come later

  8. W.E.B. DuBois’ Views • You deserve your rights now • Political, social and economic equality • You need to send people to college • Fight for you rights! • Use the law to guarantee your rights • NAACP Established • Court Cases

  9. Treatment of Native Americans • Reservations • Dawes Act Any Indian who gave up tribal ways would be granted deeds to their land and citizenship after 25 years • ATTEMPT TO ASSIMILATE INDIANS

  10. Industrialism • Business develops and is booing during and after the Civil War • Businesses begin to form monopolies and dominate • Rockefeller and Standard Oil Co. • Americans feel big business hurts them

  11. Robber Barons Businessmen who made their riches at the expense of the poor and working class Captains of Industry Business leaders serving the country in a positive way Philanthropy (Carnegie building libraries) Industrialists

  12. Sherman Anti Trust Act Prohibited monopolies because “it restrained trade or commerce” Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Allowed Congress to regulate commerce between states and railroads Government Response

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