Segregation was a big limiting factor for African Americans. In 1877‚ Blacks were being further separated from Whites. At the end of the 19th century Jim Crow laws went into effect that segregated in parks‚ railroads‚ hospitals‚ and schools. Blacks were treated as less than Whites and even though many considered this against the 14th amendment‚ in Plessy V. Ferguson‚ it was considered constitutional. Even though Blacks were able to get an education‚ due to the Jim Crow laws Blacks and Whites were
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America is a country built on an innumerable web of inconsistencies. The pledge of allegiance ends with “liberty and justice for all‚” but in reality‚ throughout most of American history‚ that has truly meant “liberty and justice for cisgendered‚ heterosexual‚ able-bodied‚ neurotypical‚ adult white males.” To make things even more complicated‚ we are still struggling to define who can be racially classified as “white” even today. It seems as though in order for a group of people to be considered
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from a company the African Americans were the first to be let go which caused an unemployment rate up to three times that of whites. Because of segregation they received less aid from charitable organizations. Overall they suffered economically and socially more than their white counterparts. The 1930’s were a turbulent time for race relations in America. For more than two hundred years before the Civil War‚ slavery existed in the United States. Before there was no need to separate whites and blacks
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Despite great efforts to abolish racism‚ discrimination against the African American people was as strong as ever in the 1930’s. The 1930’s was a hard time for white people‚ but considerably harder for the African American people. There were an abundance of problems for African Americans. Each day they would be judged by the way they looked. The harsh judgment‚ they received was astonishing and knowing that they lived this way is unbelievable. Between the uncivilized living situations and the cruel
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Lastly‚ America experienced many challenges during this time period. Racism‚ social segregation‚ and‚ child labour all were major problems in the United States. Segregation occurred between Caucasians and African Americans in 1877. Segregation was due to the Jim Crow laws where Africans were “separate but equal” people would take it as far as creating house developments that separated the white people from the black through a neighbourhood. State laws‚ even segregated African people and denied them
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The Dustbowl of America in the 1930’s The Dust Bowl of North America was a disaster in the early 1930’s when huge parts of the Midwestern and Western farmlands of America became wastelands. This happened due to a series of dry years‚ which agreed‚ with the extension of agriculture in unsuitable lands. Droughts and dust storms caused by poor labor practice troubled farms and ranches of the Great Plains; causing a great migration of its people to other‚ more fertile‚ lands. The problem had become
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1930’s mid western America During the 1930s America was suffering from a great depression. A lot of people were very poor and had to survive from doing manual labour Racism is seen as a normal way of life and were not challenged as they are now a days The untied states were also suffering from a high rate of unemployment Disabilities were not recognised properly most people with a mental or physical disability were seen as outsides some even considered them to be un holy and there disability
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immigrants‚ American women began looking for style inspirations in other cultures. Mainly‚ they were infatuated with the simple‚ yet elegant garments promoted by the European designers. 1.2. The Age of Decline: United States of America in the 1930’s
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Theatre in America during the 1930s. During the 1930s‚ the American Dream had become a nightmare because of the Great Depression. The sudden drop in stock exchange had threatened the land. What was once the land of optimism‚ had become the land of despair. The promise for success was clearly not fulfilled. Americans started to question and blame the government (rebelling). Society had led to a theatre that was politically and socially conscious The vision of the American Dream is broad‚
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Rights Amendment‚ which was first introduced to Congress in December‚ 1923‚ continued to be bandied about in Congressional committees‚ opinion magazines rarely gave the issue a positive mention‚ and it seemed far removed from public concern. The 1930s brought apple-sellers to city street corners and breadlines to urban charity houses. In a depressed economy‚ unemployment figures escalated and federal forces concentrated on bringing Americans back to work. Or‚ more accurately‚ bringing American men
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