Conservative Democrats: Post Reconstruction

1. Jim Crow Laws

1.1. Created a "separate but equal" trend that divided things, often seen as "colored" and "whites"

1.2. Started from the New State Constitution, where schools were separated

2. Provisions of the New State Constitution of 1895

2.1. Tillman wanted to keep the black majority from voting for the previous political elite

2.2. Voters must be able to read and interpret the US Constitution

2.3. Pay fees for the poll tax 6 months before the election

3. Segregation

3.1. keeping people of different races separate from each other

4. Plessy Vs. Ferguson

4.1. US Supreme court ruled that Jim Crow Laws were legal.

4.1.1. This case allowed Jim Crow Laws to spread throughout the nation

4.2. Separate but equal satisfies the 14th Amendment

5. State Election of 1876

5.1. Wade Hampton and the "Redeemers" gained political power in South Carolina

5.2. Control of government back in the hands of the Antebellum political elite

5.3. Other members of the Democrats, besides Hampton, wanted to disenfranchise the blacks

5.3.1. Disenfranchise: to prevent people from having the right to vote

6. Wade Hampton

6.1. Wade Hampton willing to keep same conditions for race relations during Reconstruction Period

6.2. Control of government back in the hands of the Antebellum political elite

6.3. Hampton's goal was to return the south back to the Antebellum period with little taxes as much as possible

7. 8 Box Law

7.1. Law adopted to limit voting of Blacks and poor Whites who could not read

7.2. To limit black and poor whites voting, gerrymandering occurred.

7.2.1. Gerrymandering: To give an unfair advantage to one political party by separating voting districts for elections

8. Ben Tillman's Views

8.1. He did not care to secure the black votes

8.2. His appeal to the common people led to violence and lynching of blacks and those against populists

8.3. His bigotry and racism saw rise in terror by groups like the KKK, which intimidated blacks into silence.