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Post-Recon Saul
Post Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carpetbaggers | People from the north that tried to take advantage of the financial situation in the south |
| Scalawags | People from the south that were sympathetic to the Republican party during Reconstruction |
| New South | South becoming more industrial |
| Solid South | South voting for the same party consistently |
| 8 Box Law | A primitive Literacy test that tries to disenfranchise African Americans |
| Disenfranchise | Strip away the right to vote |
| Poll Tax | A tax in order to vote- a way to disenfranchise African Americans |
| Grandfather Clause | If your grandfather could vote in 1860, you can vote. Loophole in the poll tax and other literacy test |
| Jim Crow Laws | makes segregation legal |
| Benjamin Tillman- AKA Pitchfork Ben | Appeals to the common man, blames African Americans for the struggles in SC |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Seperate but equal facilities are constitutional |
| voting under Ben Tillman | Literacy test- interpret the US Constitution Poll Tax- paid 6 months in advance |
| Purpose of Jim Crow Laws | Restrict African Americans |
| Example of Segregation | Whites and Blacks going to different schools, restaurants, etc. |
| During Post-Reconstruction, term many southerners called the Civil War | Lost Cause |
| Main supporters of Pitchfork Ben | Poor, white farmers |
| Reason Clemson was established | To study agriculture |
| Reason most people moved to the Upstate | Farmers struggled, moved to textile mills for a more consistent job |
| Disasters that set SC back | Earthquake of 1886 and Hurricane of 1893 |
| Types of industries in SC | Textiles, Phosphate mining, and wood |