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Tillman Era
8-5.4 and 5.5
Term | Definition |
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Wade Hampton | Democratic Governor or SC, supported by the Redshirts, Redeemers and Bourbons |
Redeemers | democrats whose goal was to restore the south to its Antebellum state |
Hamburg Massacre | violence between black militia and Redshirts in Aiken County, SC |
voting discrimination | creative ways the white democrats tried to keep African Americans from voting; Eight Box Laws and poll taxes for example |
Populists | aka The People's Party; new political party that supported government takeover of railroads, banks, telephones, and subtreasury |
Ben Tillman | politician who focused on agricultural education, created the Farmer's Convention and Clemson University- he also wanted to take political rights away from African Americans |
Constitution of 1895 | undid many of the political rights that were granted to African Americans under the Constitution of 1868 |
Jim Crow | Segregation laws in the south that were named after a minstrel show character. |