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Chapter 7 Issues of the Gilded Age 1877-1900
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Section 1: Segregation and Social Tensions
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African Americans Lose Freedoms Jim Crow Laws kept blacks and
whites segregated, or apart Southern states circumvented the 15 th
Amendment by passing restrictive measures such as; Poll Tax
required voters to pay a tax to vote Literacy Test understanding
tests, reading and writing tests, helped limit African Americans
from voting How and Why???
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Cont. Grandfather Clauses allowed persons to vote as long as
their ancestors had voted prior to 1866 Why 1866??? .and why not
after???
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New Laws Force Segregation Jim Crow laws filtered into all
aspects of Southern society, including: railroad cars, jury boxes,
Bibles, cemeteries, restaurants, parks, beaches, and hospitals
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896, pg. 192 of text
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African Americans Oppose Injustices During the darkest times of
Jim Crow segregation blacks refused to accept their status. They
founded black newspapers, clubs, schools, colleges, and political
groups.
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Booker T. Washington Urges Economic Advancement Booker T.
Washington most famous black leader during the late nineteenth
century (pg. 186)
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W.E.B. Du Bois W.E.B. Du Bois native of Massachusetts, earned
his Ph.D from Harvard in 1896. (video)
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Washington VS. Du Bois Similarities Differences
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Ida Wells Crusades Against Lynching Ida B. Wells African
American women who fought for justice. Born into slavery in 1862,
she later founded Free Speech, a newspaper, and wrote about the
practice of lynching in the south, persecuted she became an
outspoken critic, writing several pamphlets aimed at awakening the
nation.
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Chinese Immigrants Face Discrimination Chinese immigrants faced
many of the same discriminatory laws as blacks during this time.
Several Supreme Court decisions ruled in favor of the Chinese
including citizenship and business ownership, but not the Chinese
Exclusion Act.
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Mexican Americans Struggle in the West Land rights and seizer
of Mexican Americans lands was the root cause of discontent in the
southwest. Las Gorras Blancas this group targeted large ranch
owners by cutting holes in fences and burning houses.
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Women Make Gain and Suffer Setbacks Fighting for a
Constitutional Amendment, the National Woman Suffrage Association
led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the charge
albeit slow. Upon Anthonys death only four states granted the right
to vote, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho.
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Section 3: Farmers and Populism
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Terms and People Oliver H. Kelley Minnesota farmer,
businessman, journalist, and government clerk, organized the Grange
in 1867 Grange organization that provided education on farming and
called for regulation of railroads and grain elevator rates
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Terms and People William Jennings Bryan Democratic presidential
candidate who supported free silver William McKinley Republican
winner of the 1896 presidential election
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Farmers Face Many Problems Falling Prices and Rising Debt; the
price of selling corn did not warrant growing it, much was burned
for fuel by farmers Big Business Practices Hurt farmers; railroads
had monopolies and could charge what they wanted. Banks set high
interest rates
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Farmers Organize and Seek Change The Grange Tries Several
Strategies; organize and pass Grange Laws, and push for the ICC
interstate Commerce Commission Farmers Alliances Lead the Protest;
formed cooperatives to sell crops, and push low interest loans
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The Populist Party Demands Reforms Populists State Their Goals;
fight low prices with the coinage of silver, free silver, and the
government ownership of railroads Populists Achieve Some Successes;
three governors, five senators, and ten congressmen
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Economic Crisis and Populisms Decline Bryan and the Election of
1896; pushed for free silver and the coinage of silver and gold
coins, first presidential candidate to tour the nation and spoke
directly to the people