Reconstruction in the South 18671877 Carpetbag Carpetbaggers Nickname applied by Southern whites to people who migrated South after the Civil War The Carpetbagger Stereotype Carpetbaggers ID: 695557
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USHC 3.4Summarize the end of Reconstruction, including the role of anti–African American factions and competing national interests in undermining support for Reconstruction; the impact of the removal of federal protection for freedmen; and the impact of Jim Crow laws and voter restrictions on African American rights in the post-Reconstruction era.
Reconstruction
in the South
1867-1877Slide2
CarpetbagSlide3
“Carpetbaggers”Nickname applied by Southern whites to people who migrated South after the Civil WarSlide4
The “Carpetbagger”StereotypeSlide5
“Carpetbaggers”Individual carpetbaggers’ goals were diverse:PowerOpportunityWealthServiceSlide6
Educating Freedmen and WomenAlthough many carpetbaggers went South to seek fortune and political office, many went South to educate freedmen and women.Hampton Institute (VA)Late Nineteenth CenturySlide7
The Republican Coalitionin the South“Carpetbaggers”“Scalawags”FreedmenSlide8
Resistance to ReconstructionSlide9
The (First) Ku Klux KlanGen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSAVigilantism 1865-1874Slide10
Restoration of Southern “Home Rule”1869-18771869187418711877
1877
18771874
1873
1870
1869
1876Slide11
1874Northern public opinion turns against Radical Reconstruction.Perception of “Colored Rule” and corruption in the South under Carpetbag state governmentshttp://blackhistory.harpweek.com/7illustrations/reconstruction/coloredrule.htm Slide12
1874 Congressional ElectionsU.S. House of RepresentativesVOTERS REACT TO:Bad EconomyPolitical CorruptionReconstruction PolicySlide13
Election of 1876Republican PlatformDemocratic Platform
Tilden: 184
Hayes: 166Disputed: 19FTW: 185
1872
1868
1876Slide14
http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm Slide15
Compromise of 1877DISPUTED ELECTION
Samuel Tilden
(D-NY)
Rutherford B. Hayes
(R-OH)
“
Rutherfraud
”
184
166
185Slide16
“Redeemer” GovernmentsSouthern White “Bourbon” Democrats re-assert authority“Solid South”DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDRepublican Party a non-entity in Southern politics until the 1960sGov. Wade Hampton (SC)Slide17
The “Solid South”Almost 50 Years LaterSlide18
Jim Crow“Jim Crow” LawsRacial SegregationGrandfather ClauseLiteracy TestsPoll TaxDesigned to keep Black citizens from voting
Segregation
and Voting RestrictionsSlide19
The Supreme Courtand Civil Rights(Late Nineteenth Century) In the late 19th
century, the Supreme Court upheld Jim Crow, as well as restrictions on voting (since these restrictions did not explicitly discriminate based on race).Slide20
Plessy v. FergusonLouisiana Racial Segregation Case“Separate But Equal”Overturned by Brown v. Board (1954)14(1896)Slide21
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