1. 8 box law and gerrymandering
1.1. The 8 box made a price on polls so Blacks and poor whites could not vote.
1.1.1. Gerrymandering limited the amount of blacks to be in congress.
1.1.1.1. The SC legislature redrew district lines so that only 1 district had a black majority.
2. Wade Hamptons Political Views on Blacks
2.1. Hampton was willing to maintain the status quo on race relations during Reconstruction.
3. State Election of 1876
3.1. After the state election in 1876, Wade Hampton and the Redeemen had political power in SC.
3.1.1. The Democrats had “redeemed” power from the Republicans in SC.
3.1.1.1. Other members of the Democratic Party wanted to disenfranchise the blacks in the state. Disenfranchise means the act of managing something
4. Been Tillman's Political Views On Blacks
4.1. Poor white farmers followed his leadership
4.1.1. Was a populist because he appealed to the values of the common people
4.1.1.1. Tillman ran on the platform of white superiority and lead a movement to fisenfranchise blacks.
5. Segregation and Jim Crow Laws
5.1. South Carolina limited opportunities of blacks by passing the Jim Crow Laws which made segregation legal. .
5.1.1. Blacks were separated from whites at all cost
5.1.1.1. Blacks were angry which led to protesting
6. Plessy Vs Ferguson Case
6.1. The outcome made segregation legal.
6.1.1. The Court ruled that separate-but-equal satisfied the 14th Amendment for equal protection under the law.
6.1.1.1. Blacks in SC protested being taken out of public life, but violence, intimidation and lynchings silenced them.
7. New State Constitution of 1895
7.1. In 1895, Senator Tillman urged his followers to call for a new state constitution
7.1.1. Voters had to be able to read and understand the constitution
7.1.1.1. Had to pay a poll tax 6 months prior to the election