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States offered large inducementsand cheap labor to investors to develop the steel, lumber, tobacco, and textile industries. Yet in 1900 the region's percentage of the nation's industrial base remained about what it had been in 1860 . Moreover, the price of this drive for industrialization was high: Disease and child labor proliferated in Southern mill towns. Thirty years after the Civil War, the South was still poor, overwhelmingly agrarian, and economically dependent. Moreover, its race relations reflected not just the legacy of slavery, but what was emerging as the central theme of its history – a determination to enforce white supremacy at any cost.  \n1. Thirty years after the Civil War, the   was still poor, overwhelmingly agrarian, and economically dependent.  \na. East  \nb. North  \nc. South  \nd. West  \nIntransigent white Southerners found ways to assert state control to maintain white dominance. Several Supreme Court decisions also bolstered their efforts by upholding traditional Southern views of the appropriate balance between national and state power.  \nIn 1873 the Supreme Court found that the 14th Amendment (citizenship rights not to be abridged) conferred no new privileges or immunities to protect African Americans from state power. In 1883, furthermore, it ruled that the 14th Amendment did not prevent individuals, as opposed to states, from practicing discrimination. And in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Court found that \"separate but equal\" public accommodations for African Americans, such as trains and restaurants, did not violate their rights. Soon the principle of segregation by race extended into every area of Southern life, from railroads to restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and schools. Moreover, any area of life that was not segregated by law was segregated by custom and practice. Further curtailment of the right to vote followed. Periodic lynchings by mobs underscored the region's determination to subjugate its AfricanAmerican population.  \n2. What 1896 Supreme Court decision found that “separate but equal” public accommodations for African Americans, such as in trains and restaurants, did not violate their rights?  \n_________________________________  \n_________________________________  \nFaced with pervasive discrimination, many African Americans followed Booker  \nFree Educational Materials Online [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \nName:   Date:   Class:    \nT. Washington, who counseled them to focus on modest economic goals and to accept temporary social discrimination. Others, led by the African-American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois, wanted to challenge segregation through political action. But with both major parties uninterested in the issue and scientific theory of the time generally accepting black inferiority, demands for racial justice attracted little support.  \n3. Who counseled African Americans to focus on modest economic goals and to accept temporary social discrimination?  \n_________________________________  \n_________________________________  \n4. Who led those African Americans who wanted to challenge segregation through political action?  \n_________________________________  \n_________________________________  \n5. Why did demands for racial justice attract little support at this time?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n6. Holding from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896):“The ‘separate but equal’ provision of private services mandated by state government is constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.”  \nHolding from Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which overturned Plessy: “Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal.”  \nCompare and contrast these two U.S. Supreme Court rulings.  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n","cbCaiv1EiYc8dMVg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv1EiYc8dMVg","pdf",72683,"English","# The Divided South\n## Industrialization and continued poverty\n## White supremacy and state control\n## Supreme Court rulings and segregation\n## Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois\n## Compare court decisions: Plessy and Brown","[{\"question\":\"What industrialization did Southern leaders pursue after Reconstruction?\",\"answer\":\"Southern leaders worked to attract industry by offering large inducements and cheap labor for steel, lumber, tobacco, and textile development.\"},{\"question\":\"Which Supreme Court case upheld the idea of “separate but equal” public accommodations?\",\"answer\":\"Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) held that “separate but equal” accommodations for African Americans did not violate their rights.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did demands for racial justice attract little support at the time?\",\"answer\":\"Major political parties were uninterested in the issue, and contemporary scientific theory generally accepted black inferiority, reducing support for racial justice demands.\"}]","The Divided South - Reading Questions Worksheet | PDF"]