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History
History Test
Term | Definition |
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The New South Idea | Industrial development, agricultural diversity- become like north Industrialization would solve social problems-all would benefit Some advances in mining/manufacturing |
Convict labor system | Could be arrested if unemployed Penalties for minor crimes increased Prisoners leased at cheap bates to work in railroads, lumber, mining |
Jim Crow Laws (Voting and Segregation) | Voting: By late 1800s all southern states seek to end black voting Poll taxes literacy tests, knowledge of state constitution, "grandfather" clauses (keep descendants of slaves from voting 1940- only 3% of southerns black registered to vote |
Segregation | Barred from hotels/restaurants already 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson-supreme court upholds "separate but equal" After this, segregation sinks in- hospitals, schools, bathroom, taxis |
Booker T. Washington | "Accommodation" no immediate push for rights, whites would see that investments in black education/ business would help all southerns Don't "rock the boat" and will eventually get prosperity/ equality Vocational/ industrial education to get skilled jobs |
WEB Du Bois | 1903 The souls of Black |