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Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

The “New South”

Explain what changed and what stayed the same in the South from 1877 to 1898: new mills beside old cotton tenancy, Jim Crow, Plessy, and Black resistance.

Topic 6.4 · 14 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01What changed: the New South program
  2. 02What stayed the same: cotton, tenancy and debt
  3. 03Jim Crow: the end of Reconstruction's political gains
  4. 04African American reformers fought back
  5. 05Worked examples
  6. 06Where students lose points
  7. 07On the exam

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