PostReconstruction America dreamhistory重建后的美国dreamhistory.pptVIP

Post-Reconstruction America US History Spiconardi White Control in the South 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 Sharecropping/Tenant Farming Segregation Plessy v. Ferguson Separate railroad cars for blacks and whites was constitutional “Separate but equal” Segregation was legal as long as the separate facilities were equal Booker T. Du Bois 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 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 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 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 Industrialists 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) Government Response Sherman Anti Trust Act Prohibited monopolies because “it restrained trade or commerce” Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Allowed Congress to regulate commer