Racial Segregation and Cultural Conflicts
Racial Segregation Based upon race Directed primarily against African Americans, but other groups also were kept segregated
Separation by race
Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states Jim Crow Laws Laws passed to discriminate against African Americans Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states Created unequal work, education, housing and government
Jim Crow
Supreme Court case that stated segregation IS legal Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case that stated segregation IS legal
African American Response Booker T. Washington -believed equality could be achieved through vocational (job) education; accepted social segregation
African American Response W.E.B. DuBois -believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans; believed in higher education
Discrimination Against Immigrants Other targeted groups included: Chinese Irish
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to limit the number of Chinese Immigrants