Cultures
Why did the Jews immigrate to the U.S.?
Discrimination in their homelands
Define the word discrimination.
Unfair treatment and targeting at a certain race, ethnic group, religion, etc...
True or False: The African Americans were cut off from white society
True
Who founded the National Negro Business League?
Booker T. Wasington
True or False: The Government did little to fight discrimmination.
True
What did African Americans and Native Americans face?
African Americans: lynching, discrimination, were cut off from white society, and were denied basic rights.
Native Americans: government abuse,
Define the word segregation.
Separation between one group from another.
Did Mexican Americans face violence?
Yes
Who started the Niagara Movement?
W.E.B. Du Bios
Most of segregation was against ______
Blacks/African Americans
The APA vowed not to hire or vote for ____
Catholics
Angry mobs would illegally _____ the African Americans.
Lynch (murdered by hanging)
True or False: People wanted Jews in the society.
False
Who did the Ku Klux Klan target after the civil war?
African Americans
True or False: 5000 African Americans were murdered.
False: 2600 were murdered
What did Chinese & Japanese Americans face?
Discrimmination & Laws passed against them.
Mexican Americans lived in _____.
Barrios (neighborhoods of Mexican Americans)
What is the group that targeted African Americans?
The Ku Klux Klan
Who was Ida B. Wells?
She started a national effort to stop lynching
Who were the people that faced discrimmination?
*Name At least 3*
Catholics, Jews, Asians, African Americans, & Mexican Americans
Why did Mexican Americans leave their country?
Conflict and economic woes such as discrimination and violence.
Mexican American aid groups that provided insurance and legal help are also known as _____.
Mutualistas
People Feared that what Ethnic Group threatened "American Life"?
Catholics
How were the views on racial equality and the goals of W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T Washington alike and how were they different?
Different: Booker T. Washington excepted segregation W.E.B. Du Bios did not.
Alike: Both started an organization that helped African Americans
In what year did the Supreme Court legalize segregation?
In 1896