1. How does the history of racism in America develop?

2.  When did racism against Africans start  -The introduction of slavery in colonial times started the cycle of racism  Slaves held a low social rank and led whites to believe they were superior to blacks

3.  Why did whites feel superior to Immigrants?  Because Europeans were the first to arrive and settle America, they felt they had a claim to the land, to the jobs, and to the success of America

4. What Did The Increasing Racism Lead To?  Violence  Ku Klux Klan  Lynching  Jim Crow Laws  Segregation  Plessy v. Ferguson

5.   “Jim Crow” was a character on a show that made fun of African Americans  The laws enforced segregation  Result: separate public facilities were built everywhere (trolley seats, drinking fountains, restaurants, water fountains, schools, theaters….) What Were Jim Crow Laws?

7. Violence Increases Especially in the South  Between 1885 and 1900 MORE than 1,500 African Americans were lynched

8. Lynched Hanged without due process

9.   Many African Americans moved North  Black resisted segregation but they had little power to stop it  Some leaders emerged in the African community to help organize “fights” against discrimination  The Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark case securing the fate of separate but equal What did Blacks do?

10.  What was Plessy v. Ferguson  Homer Plessy was asked to sit in a whites only area of a train knowing he would be arrested  Homer Plessy sued the railroad company of being in violation of his 14 th amendment right, “equal protection under the law”  Plessy was ruled against, the judge stated that Louisiana had the right to make it’s own laws  The appeals were taken all the way to the Supreme Court where the decision stood and made “separate but equal” the law of the land

11.  Who was Booker T. Washington?  An early leader in the achievement for equality  The best way to “fight” back was to trian African Americans  Education meant a more secure economic future  Whites and Blacks could work together but live separate social lives. This became known as the “Atlanta Compromise”

12.  Who was W. E. B. Du Bois?  Disagreed with Booker  Thought training Africans for industrial work would secure a lower paying job  Pushed for higher education for the most able Africans “The Talented Tenth”  Founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP