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Forwards and Backwards How far were Black people free after the civil war?

Forwards and Backwards How far were Black people free after the civil war?. WALT: Identify progress and barriers to the development of Black people as citizens. WILF: Your ability to identify factors which contribute to the development of peoples’ rights.

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Forwards and Backwards How far were Black people free after the civil war?

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  1. Forwards and BackwardsHow far were Black people free after the civil war? WALT: Identify progress and barriers to the development of Black people as citizens. WILF: Your ability to identify factors which contribute to the development of peoples’ rights.

  2. Key word starter: Match the development with what it means

  3. Task 1: Important developments • On the following slide you will see 4 developments in the journey to equality for black people. • For each development, consider how this may help the black people. Choose which you think is the most significant development and be prepared to explain why.

  4. 1865 a Freedmen’s Bureau was set up to start schools to help black people find work Reconstruction (freedom in the south) began in 1867, the army backed this. In 1866, the 14th Amendment made black people FULL US citizens not three fifths of a person In 1870, the 15th Amendment gave black men equal voting rights with white men.

  5. Task 2 – sorting the developments and barriers to equality • You will be given a set of cards by your teacher, each card explains a development for Black people. Your first task is to sort them in to two categories: • STEPS FORWARD OR STEPS BACK • Your second task will be to place these develpoments on a living graph, you must put them in accordance to how far you think this development helped or hindered the black people.

  6. Freedom Freed slaves could marry and have children without their family being split up. They could move around, worship God. Black churches became a meeting place and had schools attached to them. Black men could vote and stand for election, sit on juries and become judges. Schools The Freedmen’s Bureau set up over 4000 free schools which took over 250,000 black students. These schools included primary schools and colleges. The bureau shut down in 1870, by then 21% of freed slaves could read and write. Land Freed slaves should get 40 acres and a mule to support themselves. This did not happen but sharecropping was introduced. Freed blacks worked the land for a share of the crops they grew. Some black sharecroppers ended up working for their old masters but as free people. Hiram Reeves was sworn in as Senator for Mississippi in 1870. This meant he could improve things for black people on a local level.

  7. Freedom Black people in the South found a difference between their legal rights and what they could do. They could vote, but were threatened or physically stopped. Some riots broke out over black voting, many were killed. Schools Many southern schools closed because whites would not sell them supplies. Some were burned down and students beaten up. A 17 year old black teacher was murdered for starting a school in Tennessee. Land Sharecroppers had to buy tools and supplies from planters’ shops. The money to pay for this came out of their share. Many found they spent more than their share could cover each year and so they fell in to debt. Jim Crow Laws In 1877 the new President took the army out of the south and life became harder for Black people. The Jim Crow laws were passed in the South, this introduced Segregation. Blacks and whites now had to lead separate lives at school, on buses, public toilets and water fountains. The black facilities were of a lower standard.

  8. YES! Things did get MUCH better Things got a LITTLE BETTER NO! Things did not really change. Freedom Schools Land Politics and law

  9. Task 3: Source analysis What can this source tell you about the Ku Klux Klan? What does it not tell you? Choose 3 words to describe this group By 1922 there were 3,000,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan, an underground movement which fought to uphold “white supremacy” and the “white motherhood”. Put simply, this group of people, a mixture of those who would not accept the new rights of Black people in the south, those who feared for the economy and those who were in charge of the law brought themselves together to form a movement of intimidation and terrorism in order to fight back against the black people.

  10. Task 3 – The Ku Klux Klan • You are going to watch a short clip about this group and will have questions to answer as you watch.

  11. Video questions • Why did the Ku Klux Klan form? • What were their methods? • What did the Klan state they were fighting for? • Describe the rituals / ceremonies of the Klan, why do you think they used these rituals?

  12. Plenary • “Was emancipation of black people a success or failure?” • Your teacher will pose this question to you, using the whiteboards write either “Yes” or “No” and one reason why. Your teacher may ask you to explain your decision.

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