Social Developments: Regional Divisions in The South Flashcards
Which two races in the South had great divisions and why?
White Americans and African Americans, because African Americans used to be slaves
Why did poorer farmers resent richer farmers?
Because the richer farmers were not as vulnerable to getting into debt
Why did poorer farmers get into debt?
Because they had to buy land and new technologies
What was the greatest division for the South in the USA?
The greatest division was between the South and the rest of the USA
What were the South not able to get over for many decades?
Their loss in the Civil War
What power did the South lose for a long time after the Civil War and why?
Political Power, as all Southern states by the Union Army
What did the South continue to do even though it was illegal?
Try and keep as many African Americans as possible in slavery
How did The South criminalize and terrorise African Americans?
With the Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws and the KKK
What did the South want to do with African Americans beginning with S?
Segregation
Name 2 Supreme Court Cases which helped to support Segregation and the years they happened
5 Court Cases of 1883, 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson Case
Name 3 abusive terms in the South
Yankees, Carpetbaggers, Scalawags
What were Yankee’s?
People who lived in the North of the USA
What were Carpetbaggers?
People who raided the South after the Civil War and took everything out of the South in rolled up carpets
What were Scalawags?
Southern individuals who worked with Northerners for their own benefit
