Transcript Race Relations Analysis Response Activity

Warm-up for 02.27.12 –
What is the subject of this picture?
Warm-up for 02.28.12
1. What were Jim Crow laws created by white,
Southern democrats starting in the 1890s?
Race Relations Analysis Response Activity
Write a response (between 2-3 paragraphs) that answers the
following question and uses the words in the word bank
below.
1. Did life improve or worsen for African-Americans during
the Redemption period?
REQUIRED WORD BANK
New South
Redemption Period
Old South
Reconstruction Period
race relations
Jim Crow Laws
segregation
Separate-but-equal
facilities
Plessy v. Ferguson
“Whites only”
car
7/8 white, 1/8
black
Sharecroppers and
tenant farmers
Boll weevil and
drought
Moving to cities
“keep the peace”
The 1906 Atlanta
Race Riot
Martial law
lynching
White supremacy
disenfranchisement
Grandfather clause
Literacy tests
Poll tax
County unit system
Race Relations Analysis Response Activity
Write a response (between 3-5 paragraphs) that answers the
following question and uses the words in the word bank
below.
1. Did life improve or worsen for African-Americans during
the Redemption period?
REQUIRED WORD BANK
New South
Redemption Period
Old South
Reconstruction Period
race relations
Jim Crow Laws
segregation
Separate-but-equal
facilities
Plessy v. Ferguson
“Whites only”
car
7/8 white, 1/8
black
Sharecroppers and
tenant farmers
Boll weevil and
drought
Moving to cities
“keep the peace”
The 1906 Atlanta
Race Riot
Martial law
lynching
White supremacy
disenfranchisement
Grandfather clause
Literacy tests
Poll tax
County unit system