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Rise of segregation

Rise of segregation. Voting restrictions. 1870s-1890s: States introduce… Literacy test Poll tax Grandfather clause Upheld by Supreme Court in U.S. vs. Reese (1876). Jim Crow law.

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Rise of segregation

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  1. Rise of segregation

  2. Voting restrictions 1870s-1890s: States introduce… • Literacy test • Poll tax • Grandfather clause Upheld by Supreme Court in U.S. vs. Reese (1876)

  3. Jim Crow law “All railroad companies and corporations, and all persons running or operating cars or coaches by steam on any railroad line or track in the state of Maryland, for the transportation of passengers, are hereby required to provide separate cars or coaches for the travel and transportation of the white and colored passengers.”

  4. Plessy vs. Ferguson1896 Complete the activity… Read the facts of the case and the Opinion of the Court. Then complete the following: • Identify the cause of the case. • Determine the constitutional question. • Analyze Justice Brown’s opinion. Explain his decision and his reasoning for that decision.

  5. Discrimination 1900 In many parts of the south… • Blacks couldn’t shake hands with whites • Blacks had to yield to whites when passing them in the street • Lynchings, beatings, and murdering of blacks increased…2,500+ African-American deaths by 1900

  6. Jim Crow Laws 1910: Segregation was legalized in… • Schools • Hospitals • Parks • Transportation

  7. American west

  8. Population changes • Describe the impact this change will have on the following: • The Native Americans (social) • The Industrial Rev. (economic) • The Government (political)

  9. Americans push west Causes… • 1850s: Americans seek gold and silver • 1860s: Cattle industries become profitable • 1862: Homestead act • Gov’t offers 160 acres if: • Pay $30 • Work the land for 5 years • Creates homesteaders

  10. Great Plains Indians 1800:Hunters dependent on wildlife… buffalo • Used all parts of the buffalo • 1885: 1,000 buffalo remain…why?

  11. 1860-1890 Indian wars • 1864: Colorado militia massacre 400+ women and children at Sand Creek, CO • 1866: 81 soldiers & settlers killed in Fetterman Massacre • 1874: Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse destroy Custer’s command at Little Big Horn • 1887: Dawes Act…forced Natives to assimilate by breaking up the reservations into small sections • 1890: Sitting Bull is killed while being arrested; 300 unarmed Native Americans were killed at the Battle of Wounded Knee

  12. Economic impact on the west 1870s: • Farmers begin to specialize in cash crops….why? • Why is this a good idea? Why is this a bad idea?

  13. Economic impact on the west

  14. Economic impact on the west

  15. Economic impact on the west

  16. Populism

  17. Economic impact on the west

  18. The Grange 1860s-1880s • Organization seeking to help the farmers • Called for: • Make money “cheaper” (inflation) to make prices of crops rise and debts easier to pay • Government regulation of railroad industry • Leads to the political Populist movement in 1890s Evaluate the Grange platform….did they have good ideas?

  19. Populist movement Caused by: • Gold shortages in the 1890s…relevance? Goals: • Inflation • Increased income tax for higher incomes • 8-hour work day • Direct election of U.S. Senators • Term limits for U.S. President • Result: won many elections in 1892; ideas become part of Democratic party

  20. End of Populism 1896 • Populists join with Democrats; favor inflation & bimetallism • Nominate William Jennings Bryan • Republicans nominate William McKinley • Republicans win because: • East Coast & Cities (higher population) oppose populist ideas…why?

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