Introduction
You live in the late 1800s at the end of recunstruction. Think about how your life would be as an African American at the time
Standard USHC-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how regional and ideological differences led to the Civil War and an understanding of the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on democracy in America.
Task
You are to find out what it was like to be an African American in the Jim Crow era. Use the links in process to answer the questions. Print questions out and answer the questions
- Find out where you would work or how you will provide for your family.
- Decide would you rather work for a wage or subsistance farm.
- Find out how jim crow laws would make your life harder then your fellow citizens
Process
http://www.blackpast.org/primary/jim-crow-laws-tennessee-1866-1955 Only use laws through 1899
http://www.nber.org/chapters/c2286.pdf
http://www.nber.org/chapters/c1567.pdf Use the statistics for 1860 to 1910
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzL2Brhg9aQ
https://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/empire/1890s.html
http://www.blackpast.org/primary/1898-louisiana-grandfather-clause
http://millercenter.org/president/biography/mckinley-campaigns-and-elections
1) Find out what job you would want to have in this era
2)Decide would you rather work for a wage or subsistance farm.
3) Find out how jim crow laws would make your life harder then your fellow citizens
4) Decide what law you feel woulf hinder you the most in your personal life
5) Decide what law you feel would make it the most dificult to provide for yourself
6) What was the attitude of blacks that lived in this era
7) If you were living in this era who would you vote for in the 1896 election
8) Who actually won the 1896 election?
9) What was the electoral vote for the 1896 election?
10) What trend do you notice in the electoral map for the 1896 election?
Evaluation
You will be graded on how well you used your sources. There are not necessarily any wrong answers but I will be checking that you used the sources to draw your answers.
Conclusion
Students should understand the difficulties of being an African American during the Jim Crow era.
Credits
Teacher Page
This would best be used for High School, it offers students to oportunity to explore how life would have been for an african Amrican in the late 1800s