2. Chapter 6 Equality for All? NO! USII.3c - Show how life changed after the Civil War by describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints facing African-Americans in the Post- Reconstruction South

3. Equality for all? - NO!! Discrimination against African- Americans continued after Reconstruction. “Jim Crow” laws were passed to discriminate against African Americans. “Jim Crows” laws, made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states. These laws were characterized by unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government. Reconstruction - period following the Civil War, which Southern states were brought back into the Union Racial segregation - practice of forcing people of different racial groups to be separate, to live apart,go to separate schools, and use separate public facilities.

4. Quick Review An example of segregation is not being able to: A. go to the bank B. go to the same school as other children C. travel to another state The result of Jim Crow laws and segregation was: A.discrimination B.literacy C.employment Segregation divided Americans by: A.age B.race C.gender

5. How Shall We Respond? African Americans differed in their response to discrimination and “Jim Crow”. Two important African American leaders were: Booker T. Washington believed equality could be achieved through vocational education. He accepted social separation. He felt African Americans could advance faster through hard work than by demanding equal rights. W.E.B. Du Bois believed in full political, civil and social rights for African Americans. He felt that African Americans should speak out constantly against discrimination. Du Bois believed the way to beat prejudice was for college-educated African Americans to lead the fight against it.