AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sharecropping, Kangaroo Court, Jim Crow Laws
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Pretest up to the end of the african lecture. Sharecropping system that creates cycle of poverty. Individuals who still owe share of crop end up in debt. Replaced by tenant farming which is the same system as sharecropping, except money has to be exchanged. Opened it up to all people, i. e. mexicans. 15th amendment african americans are allowed to vote. Extra legal organizations (outside the law, but usually involve people who are involved in the law i. e. sheriff, judge) Ku klux klan means circle of friends . Lynching ku klux klan takes person from their home, hold kangaroo court and then hang them in public view. How to stop person from voting violence. Person who decides to vote, you kidnap them burn down peoples" homes. No accountability because people in the government are the ones lynching. Klan burns cross, thinks it means their god on earth. Take african americans right to vote away legally.
