AP U.S. History / Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898
6.4 The "New South"
Notes
Leaders like Henry Grady promoted a "New South" with industry and railroads, but the South stayed mostly agricultural. Jim Crow laws enforced segregation; Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld "separate but equal."
Practice
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld:
Overturned in 1954.
The "New South" idea promoted:
Henry Grady.
Jim Crow laws:
South after Reconstruction.
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