Following the decline of gold extraction‚ Various Anglos reacted with extreme violence towards foreigners as they attributed the economical decline to immigration. Thus‚ anti-foreign and racist attacks‚ laws and confiscatory taxes sought to drive out foreigners‚ especially Chinese and Latin American Immigrants (Carrigan‚ W. D. 2003: 420-438). The marginalized groups of this era by law could not form a union or strike‚ thus much of the communities found refuge and strength in their culture and community
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What Life Would Be Like If I woke up one day and I was in the early 1930’s living with 2 kids‚ a slave and a single father that was a lawyer‚ I think that it would not take me long to realize that the household would be hectic. During this era the great depression was happening which is not good for a single father. Even though he is a lawyer it would still be hard to make enough money during the great depression to feed 2 kids and a slave. Even though slaves don’t usually get fed much or fed as
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I know‚ I wasn’t going to win Alexandrea but I still hoped that there was a shred of goodness in Maycomb‚ Enough to let an innocent man‚ free of any crime go. I wished that there would no longer be a divide of people though something as frivolous as the color of there skin. That man is innocent and everyone knew it‚ but the jury still came back Guilty and I knew from that moment that that man’s life was over. I have done all I can and I still came back empty handed‚ I told my daughter about the
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DR. LIND mW 10:40-12:05 | Political Activism and Education | Teriyanna Boddie | | | 5/8/2013 | During reconstruction‚ many people acted as strong forces to change the lack of equality in the South. There were problems with education and blacks were shunned from any involvement with politics‚ so any changes made by politicians never benefit the blacks. Blacks wore looks of depression and inferiority throughout the South and were given no means to‚ even for a second‚ think that they
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police show no respect for blacks‚ they do nothing to help them‚ they just allow whites whites to beat African Americans right in front of them. For instance‚ when the Wallaces were lynching T.J. for getting caught stealing‚ all the sheriff said “Mr. Granger sent the word by me that he ain’t gonna stand for no lynching on his place” ( Taylor 255). The sheriff does nothing to stop the Wallaces‚ he
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JOURNALS 2nd Semester Week 19 #11. Research one of the battles during the Indian Wars with the Americans during the late 1800s. Create an annotated bibliography of two images and two written sources you would use if you were going to give a presentation. Each annotation will include 2-3 sentences about how the source would be used and why it is important. Must use MLA citation of your sources. Refer to page 457 in your text for reference. All references must come from different sources; Wikipedia
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hooded robes and commit violent acts against the newly freed slaves and those who supported equality. The Ku Klux Klan executed a majority of intimidation and torture methods including whipping‚ robbery‚ rape‚ arson‚ murder‚ threats‚ assault‚ murder‚ lynching‚ and the destruction of property through the use of fire or bombs. These crimes often were never convicted due to the fact that authorities were white and supported white supremacy themselves. Those who supported equality never expressed their feelings
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Mid-Year History Writing Task TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BUILDING HISTORICAL CONTEXT READING THE SOURCE DOCUMENTS DOCUMENT #1: New York City Tenements DOCUMENT #2: The Jungle DOCUMENT #3: Muller v. Oregon‚ Supreme Court Decision DOCUMENT #4: Anti-Lynching Writing DOCUMENT #5: Women’s Suffrage Poster DOCUMENT #6: Map of Conservation Lands DOCUMENT #7: Child Labor and Education Statistics DOCUMENT #8: United States Anti-Trust Law DOCUMENT #9: Prohibition Documentary DOCUMENT #10: United States Immigration
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Crow." Civil War. Segregation and disfranchisement laws were often supported‚ moreover‚ by brutal acts of ceremonial and ritualized mob vi olence (lynchings) against southern blacks. Indeed‚ from 1889 to 1930‚ over 3‚700 men and women were reported lynched in the United States--most of whom were southern blacks. Hundreds of other lynchings and acts of mob terror aimed at brutalizing blacks occurred throughout the era but went unreported in the press. Numerous race riots erupted in the
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Researchers are finding more and more domestic cases in the United States each year. They occur not just in the big cities or the border states‚ but in the heartland of America. Sex trafficking is becoming a major problem in the United States and the government is not doing enough to stop it. Shared Hope International‚ a Christian anti-trafficking organization‚ reports that “up to 300‚000 children in the U.S
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