Industrialization (Final Slides)

Difficulties for African Americans After Reconstruction, blacks continued to face segregation and discrimination Also faced violence – Between over 1500 African Americans were lynched Many blacks moved to the North to escape discrimination, though they were still discriminated against in the North

W.E.B. Du Bois Thought African Americans should challenge segregation Pushed for higher education of African Americans 1909: helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Booker T. Washington In 1881, he founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama: a University that taught African Americans a trade Didn’t think African Americans should challenge segregation – He thought “whites and blacks could work together” but live separate social lives

The Business Cycle Business cycle - pattern of good times and bad times –Booms: good times when people buy more and invest in business, creating growth –Busts: bad times when spending and investing decreases, creating lay-offs and less production Depression - period of very low economic activity

The Gilded Age Writers Mark Twain and Charles Warner named this era of industrialization in America the “Gilded Age” –To gild means to cover in gold leaf –Gold leaf disguises an object of lesser value

The Gilded Age (continued) The wealth of a few during this era masked many social problems in the country –Corrupt politics and widespread poverty –In 1890, the average yearly income for 11 million of the 12 million families in America was $ 380, well below the poverty line