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The New South

The New South. Jim Crow. Changing Economies. Some Southern Planters lost their lands after the Civil War because they could not pay their debt or their taxes. Most of their land fell into the hands of southern plantation owner or northern investors. Sharecropping.

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The New South

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  1. The New South Jim Crow

  2. Changing Economies Some Southern Planters lost their lands after the Civil War because they could not pay their debt or their taxes Most of their land fell into the hands of southern plantation owner or northern investors.

  3. Sharecropping Under this system, a farmer worked a parcel of land in return for a share of the crop, a house, seed, tools, or a horse. Enabled planters to get their land worked even when they had no money Gave laborers a place to live and land to work without strict supervision Most poor white and all African Americans worked as sharecropper

  4. Drawbacks Sharecroppers had no income until harvest time Bought everything on credit

  5. Pair Share Explain how sharecropping is similar to slavery.

  6. The Rise of Jim Crow For African Americans, the new south resembled the old south Tied to their land because of sharecropping Democrats controlled the South

  7. To deprive African Americans of their right to vote, southern legislatures instituted Poll taxes- fixed taxes imposed on voters Literacy Tests- Can’t read, can’t vote Because most African Americans were poor and had been denied an education, they were not allowed to vote Even most literate African Americans failed the test- White officials decided who passed

  8. To further deprive African Americans of their right, states imposed segregation These new laws were called Jim Crow Laws The term Jim Crow originated in a song performed by Daddy Rice, a white minstrel show entertainer in the 1830s. Rice covered his face with charcoal to resemble a black man, and then sang and danced a routine in caricature of a silly black person. By the 1850s, this Jim Crow character, one of several stereotypical images of black inferiority in the nation's popular culture, was a standard act in the minstrel shows of the day.

  9. "Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about I jump, Jump, jump Jim Crow.”

  10. 1st Passed in 1881 in Tennessee Required separate railway cars for blacks By 1890, all southern states had legally segregated public transportation and schools Soon extended to cemeteries, parks, and other public places

  11. Jim Crow Video • Jim Crow Video

  12. Some of the laws “It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards.” Alabama “The marriage of a person of Caucasian blood with a Negro, Mongolian, Malay, or Hindu shall be null and void.” Arizona “The schools for white children and the schools for negro children shall be conducted separately.” Florida “No colored barber shall serve as a barber [to] white women or girls.” Georgia “It shall be unlawful for any amateur white baseball team to play baseball on any vacant lot or baseball diamond within two blocks of a playground devoted to the Negro race.” Georgia

  13. African Americans sued for equal treatment but the Supreme Court refused to overturn the Jim Crow Laws “State government cannot discriminate, businesses or individuals can” Plessey V. Ferguson 1896 Homer Plessey was denied a seat on a train Case goes before Supreme Court 14th Amendment?

  14. Court ruled “Separate But Equal”

  15. Pair Share Evaluate what you just learned about Jim Crow Laws. Is separate but equal really equal? Explain your answer.

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