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| Taking away the right to vote |
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| Racial segregation that occurs not because of laws or administrative decisions, but because of patterns of residential settlement. |
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| Segregation mandated by law or decreed by gov't officials |
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| Laws that enforced segregation in public places |
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| A legal claim on the crop of the farmer as payment for a loan given to grow that crop |
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| A system of tenant farming in which the tenant works someone else's land for a share for the crop |
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| provided prison labor to private parties |
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| an Atlanta newspaper editor, was a leader of the new south government |
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| Post Bellum, referred to diversifying the crop variety and modernizing the economy. The Bourbons beleived the future of the south layed in industry and manufacturing |
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| A tax on the right to vote. At one time, Georgians had to pay $1 to vote |
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| A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote |
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| A provision allowing former Confederate soldiers and their male descendants to vote without having to take a literacy test |
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| A former slave who wrote Up From Slavery. He built Tuskegee Institute in AL which stressed technical training, learning a trade, and agriculture. He spoke in Atlanta at the Cotton States and International Exposition. He said blacks should accept their status and forget about social equality and political action. This speech became known as the "Atlanta Compromise". |
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| He believed that economic independence was the only way to equality. He gave Booker T. washington gave, which said that if they would all work together they would learn to be equal. |
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| He became the 1st African-American to receive a PhD at Harvard University. He taught in Atlanta University. He was an outspoken, controversial leader in the fight for black civil rights. In 1903, he wrote "The Souls of Black Folks", which disagreed with Washington's views. In 1905, he organized the Niagra Movement, the 1st national movement to end Jim Crow laws. In 1910, he founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and edited its magazine, "The Crisis". |
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| The Court upheld the Louisiana conviction of a black man who tried to ride in a train car reserved for whites. The ruling put the federal courts in support of the so-called separate but equal doctrine. |
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| a large group that tried to end segregation and get voting rights for blacks |
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| william jennings bryan: William Bryant (D) gave this speech to the Democratic National Convention using biblical references to the cross and crown of thorns |
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| His speech (The Cross of Gold)got him the populist and democratic vote (which still wasn't enough) |
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| won the election of 1896 because he had the support of the East and Midwest. Assassinated Sept. 14 1901, 25th president Republican |
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| The Populist Party won 3 states, scaring the larger parties and making them take notice of the Populists. |
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| 1Free Silver Movement 16:1 2Sub Treasury System- Gov warehouses for crops so could sell when prices highest 3Progressive Income Tax (sliding scale) 4Direct Election of Senators 5Government should own railroads and telecommunications |
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| Originally the Peoples Party was established in 1891 when the Knights of Labor and the Farmers Alliance joined forces. |
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cooperative scheme fails when Texas banks to refuse to accept Alliance notes
- farmers store crops in gvmnt warehouses in return for loans
-allows farmer to wait for better price
1890 - Congress rejects |
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1887- Alliance President supports cooperative plan
- shared loans from banks and purchase of goods from new alliance cooperation |
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-Strong in South - 1880 - 4 million members
- collective action to deal with indebtedness, declining prices, and drought
-establishment of coooperatives, stores, banks and processing plants |
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- Knights of Labor urge workplace cooperation as alternative to wage system
-Chicago seemstresses fired for joining parade for shorter hours
-seamstresses est. work owned Our Girls Garment Shop |
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| started Nation Grange to help poor, suffering, farmers? A social and educational organization for farmers that wanted to make farmers’ lives better. |
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| During the late 1800's an organization of farmers,strove to regulate railway rates and storage fees charged by railroads, warehouses, and grain elevators through state legislation. These laws that were passed, but eventually reversed, are referred to as this |
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| Inflationary Monetary Policy |
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| Free silver was a central American policy issue in the late 19th century. Its advocates were in favor of an olicy using the "free coinage of silver" as opposed to the less inflationary gold standard |
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| Outside the mining states of the west, the Republican Party steadfastly opposed free silver, arguing that the best road to national prosperity was gold, which was central to international trade |
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