Many historical events occurred between 1865 and 1920. Two words that best describe these events are failure and unfair. Throughout this paper, I will discuss why these two words best suites this time period. The Fourteenth Amendment, industrial factories, and the Plessy vs. Ferguson case are examples of why this time period was unfair. The Fourteenth Amendment was created in 1868, in order to give everyone who was born or naturalized in the U.S. citizenship. This gave African American men more power, rights, and the ability to vote. The people in the south did not want blacks to vote so they created poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause. These literacy tests were unfair to the colored people, because the test given to African
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Ferguson case is another example of how colored people were treated unfair. Homer Plessy was legally a black man but he looked like a white man. He passed as a white man to get on a white train. Plessy was asked to show papers and was kicked out of the train for being black. He went to the Supreme Court and argued that he was a white man. Plessy lost the case and the Supreme Court issued the “separate but equal” statement to be legal and constitutional. As long as there was an area for African Americans, then they were considered equal. The Plessy Vs. Ferguson case was unfair because it set a base for African Americans to be treated differently and separately in the community. For example, white schools would have new books, many classrooms, and black schools would have one classroom and a few torn …show more content…
People believed the economy worked best when the people are in control of their own businesses instead of having the government control the economy. Laissez-faire capitalism was a failure because it caused economic situations, and it lacked restrictions and safety laws. Half of the population was below the poverty line and the other half was wealthy. Due to the lack of safety laws and regulations, people got injured on the job, they didn’t get paid much, and working conditions were harsh. Laissez- faire capitalism was not working and as a result it leads to poverty, cyclical depressions, and the formation of
Ferguson case is another example of how colored people were treated unfair. Homer Plessy was legally a black man but he looked like a white man. He passed as a white man to get on a white train. Plessy was asked to show papers and was kicked out of the train for being black. He went to the Supreme Court and argued that he was a white man. Plessy lost the case and the Supreme Court issued the “separate but equal” statement to be legal and constitutional. As long as there was an area for African Americans, then they were considered equal. The Plessy Vs. Ferguson case was unfair because it set a base for African Americans to be treated differently and separately in the community. For example, white schools would have new books, many classrooms, and black schools would have one classroom and a few torn …show more content…
People believed the economy worked best when the people are in control of their own businesses instead of having the government control the economy. Laissez-faire capitalism was a failure because it caused economic situations, and it lacked restrictions and safety laws. Half of the population was below the poverty line and the other half was wealthy. Due to the lack of safety laws and regulations, people got injured on the job, they didn’t get paid much, and working conditions were harsh. Laissez- faire capitalism was not working and as a result it leads to poverty, cyclical depressions, and the formation of