African Americans In The Early 1900s

During the 1900s, as the Civil War unfolded, America underwent changes that impacted African Americans, immigrants, and Indigenous peoples. These transformations brought both opportunities and severe limitations for groups of people. The era marked a time of expansion, for Americans, while also restricting the freedoms of others. Race played a role in shaping people’s experiences during this period. Reconstruction and expansion from the time after the civil war through the early 1900s, many Americans had their freedom severely limited. Following the Civil War, African Americans were promised freedom. Instead faced prejudice and brutality. The country remained deeply divided due to conflicts it had been involved in. Society struggled with integrating
There were multiple impacts on immigration policies that constantly made it difficult for people to live their daily lives. Legislation would make it where Chinese laborers couldn’t enter the United States. Moreover, they prevented Chinese immigrants from becoming citizens. The nature of the policies put in place were all based off stereotypes and racial hierarchies. After the Chinese Exclusion Act was followed by a series of unfair laws and regulations. For example, the Geary Act of 1892 made it to where every Chinese immigrant had to carry papers that showed their identification, or they would face deportation. There were new policies always developing, and these policies made it impossible to live without. When it came to expansion, the focus was driven by the manifest destiny doctrine, race, and various kinds of economic interests. Moreover, it made Indigenous people feel more like obstacles to overcome rather than actual people. Indigenous people not only faced discrimination inside their borders but also outside. Furthermore, white settlers often forced massacres, the destruction of sacred land, and forced