Reading Assignments--Week Fourteen:
McPherson, Chapters, 31-32-33 (DUE: See Calendar)

 

 “talented tenth”
Civil Rights Act 1875
Crop lien
Tenantry
Mississippi Plan
William W. Belknap
Whiskey Ring
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
New South
Readjusters
Henry Grady
James B. Duke
  

  
Study Questions:
  
Describe the educational gains in the post-war South.
How did post-war agriculture change?
Why was industrialization and railroad transportation slow to develop in the post-war South?
How did political strife in Louisiana during 1873-1874 impact the nation?
Describe the Compromise of 1877 and its impact on the United States.