Southern Economy
Post-Slavery
Post-Slavery
Prominent Figures
Jim Crow Laws/Black Codes
Political Disenfranchisement + Discrimination
Southern Violence
100
Which Southern leader promoted the idea of the “New South” by encouraging cooperation with the North, and modernized and industrialized the economy from the plantation economy?
Henry W. Grady, who was also called the “Spokesman of the New South”. He believed that economic reforms would rebuild the southern economy after the Civil War.
100
Which journalist exposed the reality of lynching in his/her work, A Red Record?
Ida B. Wells. Her work provided history and statistical data on the lynching of African Americans in the United States during the 19th century. 
100
The Jim Crow Laws system of rigid laws enforced r__ s__ and discrimination against Black Americans?
Racial segregation
100
What crime involving occupation surged during the Gilded Age, especially toward African Americans?
Vagrancy, considered a moral failing at the time, was illegal in order to promote social reform. Unfortunately, laws against vagrancy were often vague and subjective, allowing police to pull virtually anybody off the street and arrest them
100
What process brought around 11 million African men, women, and children to the Americas, while 2 million died during that process?
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This set the stage for all the violence to come. This was the most important process in Black history, serving as a forced migration, the largest in history.
200
Why would South change railroad gauges(track width) from 5 feet to 4 feet in the 1890s? (tricky one)
Expanded connections with the north, attracting northern investment to the south's industrials.
200
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute to provide vocational training for African Americans?
Booker T. Washington, who believed that economic independence should come before political equality for Black Americans, and vocational training was essential for them.
200
Which Supreme Court case in 1896 ruled that segregation was legal and made discrimination acceptable under the law?
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) legitimized Jim Crow Laws, which legalized segregation.
200
DAILY DOUBLE!
Literacy Test!
200
What is “a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation”?
Lynching. From 1882 to 1968, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the U.S. 72% of the people lynched were Black. Immigrants were also lynched, as well as White people, mainly for allyship.
300
Even with growth in iron, steel, tobacco, and soft drink industries, what crop remained the foundation of the Southern economy?
Cotton remained the mainstay of the New South's economy.
300
Which leader argued that African Americans should pursue full political, social, and economic equality rather than only vocational training?
W.E.B Du Bois, he emphasized the importance of higher education for African Americans, which he believed would be more beneficial than vocational training.
300
Describe the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws in general
Maintain white supremacy, specifically preventing the “mongrelization” of the white race through segregation created by Jim Crow Laws.
300
What part of voting gave the upper class an advantage?
Poll Taxes. A poll tax in 1902 in Texas necessitated about $1.75, which is $66 today. This heavily favored White Americans who had an easier time finding jobs, due to heavy job discrimination in the South.
300
Who was killed on May 25, 2020, in an instance of police brutality, an example of a modern-day lynching?
The videotaped death of George Floyd shares many similarities with lynchings from the 1900s. Floyd was killed in broad daylight for a prolonged time. The largest difference was that the perpetrator, Derek Chauvin, went to prison.
400
Which group of workers in the New South was usually given the most dangerous, lowest-paying, and labor-intensive jobs?
Black Americans (racially segregated jobs)
400
Which group did Booker T. Washington work with instead of directly challenging white supremacy?
Southern white elites, Booker T. Washington compromised with segregation due to his beliefs in “self-improvement” for African Americans.
400
What is “White Primaries” during the Gilded Age New South?
One of many ways during New South to deny Black people’s right to vote, “White Primaries” stated that only democrats could vote, and only white people could be Democrats.
400
What clause allowed illiterate White people to vote, while also prohibiting many Black people from voting because of their ancestry?
The Grandfather Clause was simple, yet effective, stating that if your grandfather could vote, so could you.
400
In 1915, the movie The Birth of a Nation revived which group?
The Birth of a Nation came out glorifying the KKK, and the group went into a massive resurgence
In the first half of the 20th century, membership in the KKK became a core qualification for public office in Southern states.
500
What’s the purpose of giving Black Americans the worst jobs?
Making them unable to change their social status, maintaining white supremacy, preventing them from getting financial independence… (a lot of answers)
500
Two model figures we listed in the handout were the founders of the civil rights organization NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), guess who they were.
Ida B. Wells and W.E.B Du Bois, they both challenged segregation and promoted equality for people of color. 
500
What is the “criminal justice system” in the New South?
Black people had few legal resources since the criminal justice system was all-white, and the decisions were usually unfriendly towards African Americans.
500
Has the U.S. made the changes necessary to achieve equal rights?
100 years later, the populous says no, in a 2016 poll,
38% of White Americans agreed
8% of Black Americans agreed
500
DAILY DOUBLE!
You have been lynched! You lose all your points!