Exam 2 Flashcards
the differences in views between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
Washington - the most realistic course was to accept the form of separatism and segregation, wanted black people to accept segregation
Dubois - argued for the complete incorporation into all areas of society and advocated militant resistance to white tyranny, wanted black people to be fully accepted into society
the slave codes (what they did and their impacts on slaves)
Slaves did not benefit from this system as it did not see them as people as they:
- lacked all legal rights
- could not own property
- could not testify in court
- could not make contracts
- were forbidden to learn how to read and write
going to be M.C.
what was the decade of reconstruction?
marked the end of the paternalistic relations between blacks and whites and the beginning of competitive relations, leading to segregation to continue white dominance
whites viewed blacks as competitors for jobs
describe the supreme court decision to uphold “separate but equal” (don’t need to know the year)
the supreme court never defined equality while upholding the “separate but equal” principle, resulting in very unequal facilities
what were the pull factors to Northern Cities for newly freed slaves?
- Industrial expansion in the North (created increase demand for labor)
- cutoff of immigration from Europe (less competition for jobs)
Brown v. Board of Education (year and what it did)
1954
ruled against “separate but equal’ doctrine and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, basically removing the legal foundation of segregation and marked the beginning of the end to the “Jim Crow” system of laws
write out V. instead of versus
Plessy v. Ferguson (year and what it did)
1896
upheld the “separate but equal” doctrine, securing segregation in the South
write out V. instead of versus
where people live determine a large part of what 3 important things?
- where you work
- quality of education
- quality of benefits they will receive from public
institutions
redlining
designating certain areas where loans would not be made to minorities due to “risk” to preserve the “whiteness” of the community
restrictive covenants/deeds
to bar blacks and other minorities from white residential areas, also known as contractual agreements made by homeowners not to sell to members of particular groups of people
largest asian groups in the US
chinese -1
filipinos -2
asian indian -3
vietnamese
koreans
japanese
recent asian immigrants to the US (post-1965) generally share which of these characteristics?
- highly skilled labor
- highly educated
- diverse in class origins
what did the 1875 Page Act do?
limited the immigration of Chinese women/barring them from entering the US, creating severely unbalanced male to female sex ratio within the Chinese population
the 1907 Gentleman’s agreement (what it did and who it impacted)
restricted further Japanese immigration as it only allowed wives and families of men already in the US to join them, allowing the balancement of male to female sex ratios in the Japanese population
what did the Executive Order 9066 do?
authorizing the US army to remove any group viewed as a security risk, implemented 2 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor
subsequently used to make japanese internment camps
