DESCRIPTION

This collection examines how the post-Reconstruction South led to systemic racism against African Americans. After Reconstruction ended with the federal troops being removed from the South, African Americans quickly discovered how limited their freedoms were. Soon, Jim Crow Laws would be established to reinforce White supremacy and malicious methods of disenfranchisement would be established to marginalize African Americans.  As a result, African Americans lacked the power to change their social, political, and economic status in American society.  After close analysis, students will begin to understand how the problems of the past have created many of the problems that exist today.

STANDARD USII. 4.C

Students will apply social science skills to describe how the post-Reconstruction South led to systemic racism against African Americans, beginning with the institutionalization of Jim Crow Laws

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How does power or the lack of power affect us?

INQUIRY QUESTION:

How did the post-Reconstruction South lead to systemic racism against African Americans?

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