Civil Rights - Depth Study - Guilded Age (1875-1895) Flashcards

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African American in the Gilded Age

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  • No real progression of AA rights

- Hayes Tilden Act made sure of racial segregation in the South

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Lack of Progress in AA guilded age examples?

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  • segregated transport began in 1881 in Tennessee
  • favoured by Booker T Washington
  • Segregated became common in districts (South)
  • In North, 5000 AA were concentrated in one area
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What did the Exclusion by registration laws show Lack of Progress

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  • Restricted black voting

- AA powerless in voting by 1895

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Gains for African Americans in Guilded Age

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  • Literacy was main improvement in this period
  • One in two AA literate in 1895
  • Rise in AA religious organisations
  • 1900 there were 47,000 AA professionals
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Improvements of Labour and Unions Rights in Guilded Age

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  • Increase in demand for Skilled/Unskilled Workers
  • Growth of demand for workers = Unions grew
  • Wages rose dramatically with some skilled workers, rise in 60%
  • Workers benefitted from establishment of sickness clubs
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Evidence to show growth of Unions and effect on this

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-KOL rise in membership from 20,00 to 700,000

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Lack of Progress in Labour and Unions Rights in Guilded Age

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