Racism In The Civil War

The history of the United States is one of the most interesting of all time, because it can be seen from the various obstacles, difficulties and setbacks for which its people have had to go through to consolidate what is now the nation 's powerful on the planet. Nevertheless, we must also remember that they have had extremely important victories in most of their deeds, have had great statesmen and pro men who have given their best to their homeland. The United States has been featured in several international and internal conflicts that have cast doubt on its position as a world leader, those conflict are the Vietnam War, the war on terrorism, its tense relations with other world powers; for example, China, and segregation in the mid-last century; …show more content…
After his release during the Civil War by Abraham Lincoln, the southern states, embittered by their defeat in the civil war, they enacted a variety of laws to discriminate against black citizens. This phenomenon occurred during the "reconstruction" after the civil war. With the election of Rutherford B. Hayes as president nineteenth discrimination spread to the northern states initially they had more smoothly, to the point that in the early twentieth century could see the severity of discrimination and racism places like New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles. In contrast, the United States, racial segregation was practiced until the mid-twentieth century, but as a result of the struggle for African-American Civil Rights Movement and the support of President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 in which the unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools is prohibited in the workplace and facilities that serve the general public ("public places") and in 1965 the Law of