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Chapter 18 Section 4

2. Democrats in the South Democratic Party
Was against reconstruction and Freedman’s Bureau
Klan scared Republicans from voting
allowed Democrats to dominate Southern politics

3. Solid South Economic Power Political Power
African Americans depended on whites for jobs so couldn’t speak out against them
Political Power
Try to prevent blacks from voting with terror
would shoot blacks on election day
Pass laws establishing poll tax or literacy requirements
Known as solid south because always voted for the Democrat

4. State Conventions New constitutions
set up public schools
gave vote to all males
by constitutions approved and states added to union

5. 1876 Election Election was very close
Sam Tilden (Democrat)
Election was very close
elections in South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida were corrupted with violence
Results were rejected
Congress had to decide the election
Rutherford B. Hayes
(Republican)

6. Compromise of 1877
Hayes made President in exchange for removing troops from south
Result in Reconstruction governments collapsing
Power returned to traditional whites

7. Loss of Voting Rights Poll Tax Literacy Test Grandfather Clause
Tax had to be paid to vote
Literacy Test
Voter had to be able to read and write
Grandfather Clause
Could only vote if your grandfather could

8. Segregated South Jim Crow Laws – 1890’s
Made segregation official policy of state
Segregation
legal separation of races

10. Segregated South Plessy v Ferguson 1896 –
Plessy refuse to sit in colored train car, took case to Supreme Court

11. Segregated South Plessy v Ferguson 1896 –
Plessy refuse to sit in colored train car, took case to Supreme Court
Supreme Court rule “separate but equal” was ok
Justified and defended segregation

13. Farmer rent land from owner Owner provide, shelter, tools, seed
At harvest farmer give owner portion of crops

14. Owners force farmer to grow cash crop (tobacco, cotton) instead of food
Farmers go into debt because have to
buy everything from the landowner
Growing of cotton makes South poor because it had to import food

16. The Growth of Industry Industries develop in steel, cloth, tobacco
Development of cigarette industry
Railroads repaired
Although more money in south, still earned ½ of northerners