Exam 1 Essay Flashcards
The new south
Who was Henry Woodfin Grady and the redeemers?
Henry Grady was advocated for the new south, and it was a journalist and editor of an influential Atlanta Constitution newspaper. The Redeemer were southern Democrats advocating for a progressive vision of the new south. most Redeemer were white, pro business Democrats and most of them either lawyers, merchants, business executives, or entrepreneurs
Explain why Grady and the
redeemers viewed the old South as the Lost Cause.
I would say Grandy and the Redeemer use the old self as the lost cause, because how much nostalgia of how the old self was like plantations, the economy and the one crop reliance and they are used for new south, so I assume they would just connect two
What were Grady and the redeemers’ goal
for a New South; did their goals align with the reality?
 Grady and the Redeemer goals for the new southwestern place, the plantations off economy, and to have more than one crop that would stabilize the south instead of the single prop, which was cotton. They wanted to increase manufacturing and use the latest inventions. I would say their goals do not really align reality because with the south because of their dependence on the plantation economy, and the one crop reliance. the south versus the north was not heavily Prog, Resse or advance further
why were tenant farmers and sharecroppers often destined for poverty?
Tenant farmers in sharecroppers were often Destin for failure because they did not own the farm tenant farmers would rent part of it in exchange for work, and share croppers, shared their crops with the farm or owner for basic necessities such a shelter. in farms, don’t usually generate that much especially if it’s a small farm.
Elaborate on the Mississippi Plan and overview Plessy v. Ferguson
 The Mississippi plan was a series of state constitution amendment aimed that disenfranchising black voters. It made black voters, too, that can vote very hard to, and added on amendments like must pay all taxes on time must be able to read and understand the US Constitution, and that would be decided by registrars disqualify voting, if a voter committed past crimes also if you live on a land part land enough, which was not really possible for most especially sharecroppers. an overview of Plessy versus Ferguson was a court case that featured a homer. Plessy violating the Louisiana law of him, having to sit in the color section of the passion car. This court case is not ruling his favor and ruled against him as it was argued that it would be separate but equal And upheld that law.
why was the Mississippi Plan
and Plessy decision contrary to federal law?
The Missouri plan, and the Plezi decision are contrary because of the 14th amendment which mentions that all people born in naturalized in the US, are citizens of the US in the state, which Aidyn no state child enforce or make any law which child bridge the privileges and liberties of Citizens United States. they got away with it, especially with the Plessy case by the train car privately or making the claim at the 14th amendment did not have a authority over private businesses
Explain the results of Plessy and the effects of “Jim
Crow.” 
The results of Plessy court case resulted in the advancing effects of separate but equal, which is effectively Jim Crow. this caused many places and states to implement segregation. Well they can keep the continuation of it.
Compare/contrast Booker T. Washington’s with W. E. B. Du Bois—what were each
advocating?
Booker, T Washington and his compromise called for African-Americans to progress, the education entrepreneurship essentially arguing to get the same degrees or get educated versus du bois being against advocating for the ending of Jim Crow laws and the voter suppression. They were also different in their strategies. Washington had an accommodates strategy where he was essentially accommodating and watching what he say to not offend the people in the audience that much because he was a professor at university and he didn’t wanna lose that. Du bois approach was well. He argued for senseless agitation when Washington did the Atlantic compromise he rejected it.
Discuss rural agriculture, the crop-lien
system, and poverty
Small farms weren’t making as much money as they were farms in general, with it was very much hard to sustain. Crop line system allowed, farmers, obtain supplies feed animal comment on credit for merchants farmers, and we pay that back their debt after the harvest., thanks for limited specially, after Civil War since these farms weren’t making much money these farmers and have that much money either and it was very hard for them to invest into their stuff to get these and when they did when they use credit they would have debt they not pay their debts they could their stuff being taken it following them it was very much overly hard to make it.
