After the Reconstruction, African Americans faced many challenges during the years following. The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, and the 14th amendment defined what an American is. Both had little to no effect on Jim Crow. In the south segregation was much worse, and that’s where most African Americans lived during this time. Jim Crows laws kept blacks from voting and holding any positions in office. Jim Crow also set blacks up to endure harsh segregation regulations. Crossing the color lines also caused white supremacist under Jim Crow to use very violent techniques they considered justice like shooting and lynching blacks in the south. Separate but equal ruled that there was no discrimination against blacks in segregation, even though
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Whites maintained their superiority by making sure they had the better education and setting blacks up for failure in the long run. Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave, wanted African Americans to stop searching for political and social equality and focus their energy on learning new trades and skills to be able to support themselves. Washington believed that by educating themselves and becoming better in new trades and skills could potentially lead African Americans in the direction of earning white people’s respect, and the gain social acceptance. William Trotter didn’t have the same views as Washington. As a Harvard graduate from Cleveland, Trotter grew very impatient with Washington and accused Washington of self-seeking and being a coward. Trotter judged Washington’s relationship with President Roosevelt. The Boston riot that Washington spoke against and in outrage ended with Trotter being arrested for 30 days for disturbing the peace. Trotter was a radical and had radical views much different from Washington, but he was very vocal during this time about the struggle of civil rights. Protests against Washington were …show more content…
Many of the big business owner were born into wealth making many Americans question what it takes to actually support themselves and their families. Many Americans began to feel that they couldn’t work themselves into the middle class if they wanted to. It challenged the American work ethic, because working hard and being proud and proactive about their profession wouldn’t technically get them where they wanted to be. Those born into wealth already had to means to take over big business and control the economy. Industrialists used Darwinism to justify their positions in life and Darwinism contributed to the divide of the new consumer culture, and the traditional culture from more rural areas. Darwinism promoted the expansion of social sciences and encouraged anthropologists to begin examining the differences in other cultures in many news ways. The social gospel was formed to redeem American cities, and worked to put an end to social and economic injustice. The outrage from reformers triggered them to begin pursuing social justice. In the south, industrialization happened quickly, but not like the north. In the south many labor workers had to endure harsh working conditions and long hours for very little pay. Many of the industries offered little to no jobs to African Americans. Sharecropping became important in the new south. The south’s agriculture was suffering and they saw an opportunity to
Whites maintained their superiority by making sure they had the better education and setting blacks up for failure in the long run. Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave, wanted African Americans to stop searching for political and social equality and focus their energy on learning new trades and skills to be able to support themselves. Washington believed that by educating themselves and becoming better in new trades and skills could potentially lead African Americans in the direction of earning white people’s respect, and the gain social acceptance. William Trotter didn’t have the same views as Washington. As a Harvard graduate from Cleveland, Trotter grew very impatient with Washington and accused Washington of self-seeking and being a coward. Trotter judged Washington’s relationship with President Roosevelt. The Boston riot that Washington spoke against and in outrage ended with Trotter being arrested for 30 days for disturbing the peace. Trotter was a radical and had radical views much different from Washington, but he was very vocal during this time about the struggle of civil rights. Protests against Washington were …show more content…
Many of the big business owner were born into wealth making many Americans question what it takes to actually support themselves and their families. Many Americans began to feel that they couldn’t work themselves into the middle class if they wanted to. It challenged the American work ethic, because working hard and being proud and proactive about their profession wouldn’t technically get them where they wanted to be. Those born into wealth already had to means to take over big business and control the economy. Industrialists used Darwinism to justify their positions in life and Darwinism contributed to the divide of the new consumer culture, and the traditional culture from more rural areas. Darwinism promoted the expansion of social sciences and encouraged anthropologists to begin examining the differences in other cultures in many news ways. The social gospel was formed to redeem American cities, and worked to put an end to social and economic injustice. The outrage from reformers triggered them to begin pursuing social justice. In the south, industrialization happened quickly, but not like the north. In the south many labor workers had to endure harsh working conditions and long hours for very little pay. Many of the industries offered little to no jobs to African Americans. Sharecropping became important in the new south. The south’s agriculture was suffering and they saw an opportunity to