HIST 122- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 77 pages long!)

• School: George Mason University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 122
• Professor: Mc Cord

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Reconstruction period (for review/context: this was not a physical building. It tried to bring the south back into the union after the civil war. American south to about 1900: economy, the south had some industry, but was mainly agricultural. If you (cid:449)ere i(cid:374) de(cid:271)t, you (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t lea(cid:448)e your (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try u(cid:374)til it (cid:449)as paid. Lecture #2 1/25/17: the supreme court passed the jim crow laws, they legalized segregation in 1877, the situation for african americans was continuing to decline. The civil rights act 1875: this law was passed so late into reconstruction that it was basically ignored in the south, this act was very progressive fir its time. It (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t u(cid:374)til the (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004)s that a la(cid:449) (cid:449)as passed agai(cid:374)st l(cid:455)(cid:374)(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g. It was a co-ed university: the(cid:455) stude(cid:374)t"s p(cid:396)a(cid:272)tial(cid:455) (cid:271)uilt thei(cid:396) o(cid:449)(cid:374) s(cid:272)hool. It was success: helped with progression and the american view of african americans, e. b. debois.