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Racial Segregation and Cultural Conflicts
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Racial Segregation Based upon race
Directed primarily against African Americans, but other groups also were kept segregated
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Separation by race
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Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states
Jim Crow Laws Laws passed to discriminate against African Americans Made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states Created unequal work, education, housing and government
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Jim Crow
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Supreme Court case that stated segregation IS legal
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case that stated segregation IS legal
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African American Response
Booker T. Washington -believed equality could be achieved through vocational (job) education; accepted social segregation
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African American Response
W.E.B. DuBois -believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans; believed in higher education
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Discrimination Against
Immigrants Other targeted groups included: Chinese Irish
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to limit the number of Chinese Immigrants
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