LAH Ch.11 20th century

Ch. 11

20th Century

Section 1:

Transition Period

​Democrats Take Control

• At the end of Reconstruction, Democrats took control of LA's government and politics.

• Platform

  • white supremacy

  • social segregation

  • limited government - should only protect the rights of private property owns

• The Redeemers would also be known as Bourbon Democrats

  • Their goal to recreate Pre-Civil War conditions

​Jim Crow Laws

• Laws that restricted the freedoms of African Americans.

  • Required "seperate-but-equal" public facilities

    • Seperate Street Car Act required different railroad cars

    • Seperate schools, enterances, bathrooms, seating, and even blood bank supplies

• US Supreme Court Case of Plessey vs Ferugson only reenforced this practices with its ruling the "seperate-but-equal" was Constituitonal

• Free People of Color who once had the same rights as whites were now being tried the same a the freedmen.

1898 State Constitution

• Segregation was the social norm it was even included in the state constitution in 1898.

• Ways to prohibit voting were introduced

  • Poll tax - a tax that had to be paid before s person could vote

• Requirement to own property

• Granfather Clause

  • a law that stated that a person could vote if they had proof that his father AND grandfather had been a voter before 1867

    • This law ruled out former slaves and their descendents

• These voting requirement target black citizens and poor farmers

Section 2

Great Flood of 1927

Section 3

WWI

Sesction 4:

Huey P Long

Section 5:

WII

The Allied Forces

The Allies included: England, USA, France, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and Russia.

The Axis Powers

The Axis Powers were made of an alliance between Germany, Japan and Italy.

Section 6:

Civil Rights

Movement

100 years after the Civil War (which ended slavery), African-Americans still struggled for freedom. State laws and discrimination limited their civil rights. Civil rights are rights guaranteed to citizens. Such rights include: right to vote, equal treatment, and freedom of speech.

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​The Movement Begins

Open Ended

What are some CIVIL RIGHTS you enjoy as an American citizen?

The struggle for civil rights came aftter years of segregation. SEGREGATION was a system of laws used by whites to control African-Americans and keep the two groups separate. JIM CROW LAWS enforced segregation of Blacks and Whites in public places. Segregation signage was used in restaurants, movie theaters, hotels, restrooms, and drinking fountains.

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​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

Multiple Select

Select 3 public places that practiced segregation.

• Grocery stores

• movie theaters

• restaurants

• restrooms

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

The Civil Rights Movement is and Era in American History that took place in the 1950s and the 1960s. This era is characterized as a SOCIAL MOVEMENT to bring about changes to UNJUST LAWS and a FIGHT for RACIAL EQUALITY through NON-VIOLENT PROTEST.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

• Dr. King was THE VOICE of the Civil Rights Movement

• ALABAMA was the center of his work to counter social injustices and racial inequality.

• Dr. King led NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE

• Nonviolent resistance​ put pressure on leaders in the federal government to pass laws supporting EQUAL RIGHTS

Sweat Vs. Painter

• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregated facilities in professional schools violated the U.S. Constitution​

• Led the way for Brown v. Board of Education

​Protesters were often met by police who sometimes used violence to stop demonstrations and marches.

Multiple Select

Select all of the ways that African-Americans challenged unfair laws during the civil rights movement.

• Sit-Ins

• Protests

• Challenging Laws In Court

Multiple Select

Many people did not feel that separate but equal was a part of our countarys history. Click on the evidence that supports the fact that it was in fact a tragic but true part of our nations past.

• “Colored only” water fountains were often dirty.

• “Whites only” water fountains were often dirty.

• “Colored only” waiting rooms were often not as well-kept.

• White and black churches had the same exact features.

• White schools usually had more supplies than black schools.