1. Is freedom without equality really freedom?

2. Chapter 13 Reconstruction and the New South 13.4 The New South

3. I. Changing Economies in the South A.Sharecropping 1.Labor shortage 2.Parcel of land for share of the crop 3.No money to harvest 4.Crop-lien system 5.Couldn’t work their way out of poverty 6.One crop agriculture B.Industrial Growth 1.Growth of Industry in the South 2.Workers poorly paid

4. Assignment In your notebooks list the drawbacks of sharecropping. Then develop a plan for post- Reconstruction agriculture that would provide planters with labor while also providing African Americans with land and supplies

5. II. The Rise of Jim Crow A.Voting- poll taxes, literacy tests, violence B.Jim Crow laws- segregation C.Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 1. Separate but equal did not violate 14 Amendment

6. Assignment It is 1896 and you are a southern African American. Write a one-page letter to the editor of a northern African American newspaper describing how Jim Crow laws and the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision has impacted your life.

7. Jim Crow Laws Are there any laws that stood out to you? Are there any that are still practiced today? Are there injustices still evident today?

8. III. African American Life A.Rise of African American middle class B.Farmers and planters 1.Remained poor 2.Some bought land 3.cooperatives C.Industry and business 1.Cooperatives in industry- Chesapeake, Marine, and Dry Dock Company 2.Small businesses 3.Madame C.J. Walker- millionaire- beauty products

9. What do you believe would have been the best way to achieve equality in the South?

10. IV. Response to the Jim Crow Era A.Booker T. Washington 1.Concentrate on economic independence to win equality 2.Seek training and education B.Protest 1. Ida B. Wells- journalist kept public attention on lynching

11. With a partner Imagine that you are modern-day television reporters preparing a segment on historic Supreme Court cases. Prepare a 2-5 minute segment on the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Analyze the majority ruling, and asses the impact of the decision on race relations.

12. Please complete Literature Reading and answer the questions

13. Possible Essay Questions on Test Describe the impact of the Jim Crow Laws and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). Describe the positive points and shortcomings of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the sharecropping system.