POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hiram Rhodes Revels, Jim Crow Laws, Blanche Bruce
20 Feb 2018
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Congressional action: republicans tried to remake the south, freedman"s bureau created to assist former slaves, civil rights acts (a) 1866: guaranteed property rights of black people (b) 1875: limited racial discrimination in public accommodations. Republican political calculations: southern representation would be increased when 13th amendment ended counting slaves as 3/5"s of a person, newly enfranchised black people were expected to vote for republicans, the party that freed slaves. Former slaves entered civil society: senator hiram revels (r-ms, senator blanche bruce (r-ms) Compromise of 1877: democratic presidential candidate tilden won popular vote, but electoral votes from several states were disputed, commission awarded election to republican hayes, upon taking office, hayes withdrew federal troops from the south. Jim crow laws: passed by southern states after reconstruction, legal mandate for segregation, others abridged voting rights, poll taxes, literacy tests. Constitution; owners of at least 40 acres of land assessed for taxation at the value of.
