Warm Up

Write one sentence for each of these pairs of terms:•Radical Republicans and military districts

•Disenfranchisement and poll tax

•Jim Crow and KKK

• Resistance seen in the South• Disenfranchisement• Black Codes/Jim Crow• Hate groups

Review

What are the successes and failures of Reconstruction?

Lesson Question

Compromise of 1877

Plessy v. Ferguson

Segregation

Vocabulary

• Loss of interest in the North • Heavy taxes! • Political corruption in Pres. Grant’s admin. • Lack of Northern support for racial equality

The End of Reconstruction

• Republicans’ hold loosens• S. Democrats regain control & reverse many reforms

• Election of 1876• Rutherford B. Hayes (R) vs. Samuel J. Tilden (D)• Tilden won pop. vote but lost electoral college by 1 vote• Electoral votes disputed

The End of Reconstruction

• President Hayes and the Compromise of 1877• Agreement between Dems & Reps • Hayes becomes president• Must name a Southerner to his cabinet• Remove all federal troopers from the South

RECONSTRUCTION IS OVER!

End of Reconstruction

SO WHAT NOW???

• African-Americans are elected into Congress• 1900: more than a million and a half of black children were

attending school• Literacy rates for Southern blacks inc. from nearly 0 to 50%

• Black colleges established• Howard, Spelman, DelState

Post-Reconstruction: The Good

• Jim Crow still rules the South!• Threats from KKK• Lynch mobs

Post-Reconstruction: The Bad

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• One of the most controversial Supreme Court cases in US history

• Re-authorizes segregation

Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Who: Homer Plessy• Native of New Orleans, LA• Born during Civil War

Plessy vs. Ferguson

1/8 Black—considered black

• What/When/Where:• 1892: Purchased a first class, whites-only section railway ticket

• Violated LA’s “Separate Car Act”• Arrested when he would not move to the blacks-only section• Went to court, saying his rights under the 14th Amend. were violated

• Heard in front of Judge John Ferguson

Plessy vs. Ferguson

• What/When/Where:• 1896: Eventually went to Supreme Court• Motion denied—SC claimed rights were not violated and that

segregation was legal as long as both races received “equal” accommodations (“separate but equal)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Why it’s significant:• Re-authorizes segregation• “Separate but equal” becomes vital part of Southern life• NOT REALLY EQUAL!

Plessy vs. Ferguson

In YOUR opinion, was Reconstruction a success or a failure? Why?

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