HIST 2057 Chapter : Week One
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Compromise of 1877: hayes (r) vs tilden (d, both parties claimed to carry south carolina, florida, louisiana, struck a compromise hayes gets presidency but must recognize. Basically the undoing of changes made in reconstruction. The nadir lowest point of african american history. Had an impact on the public school system: extremely bad for la school system, gap between blacks and whites widen. Rise of convict labor: anyone not in work may be arrested, prisons rent out prisoners to companies for cheap labor. Decline in black politics: doesn"t approach the same level until the 1990s. 1890-1906: black vote is nearly eliminated, grandfather clause. If ones grandfather couldn"t vote neither can you: poll tax, literacy test, effected both blacks and poor whites. Segregation: 1883 civil rights case, south carolina invalidates civil rights act of 1866, 1896 plessy v ferguson, deems segregation okay, separate but equal . Laws that segregate blacks and whites: hotels, trains, streetcars, even cemeteries.