Southern United States

Americans three provisions: citizenship in America, the right to due process by the law, and equal protection under the law. Even with being given these rights, many could not fulfill the experience of these rights, due to not only southern states, but also northern states increasing the use of the Jim Crow Act. The overwhelming part about this was that this then eventually pushed for segregation upon color. Colored people were to be separated from the whites, getting essentially everything that…

of the need for industrial workers that first rose during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1920, about half of one million black southerners packed their bags and went to the North. The movement had a huge effect on the urban life in the United States. The Great Migration would reshape America and the nation would group as a whole instead of a…

minority communities and securing the domination of Anglo-Saxons. To uphold this racial ontology, in 1873, many of the southern state enacted Jim Crow laws legalizing segregation of African Americans. In 1888, the Chinese Exclusion Act effectively banned Chinese immigration to the United States, and many were upset that government did not kick out the Chinese…

O’Connor’s “Good Country People” aids in the deconstruction of formerly held stereotypical norms in the southern United States, specifically those regarding long held belief systems and societal class structures. During the postmodern period, it was popular for traditional values and beliefs to be challenged by writers, and that is definitely the aim of “Good Country People.” The narrative challenges southern tradition by breaking down common belief systems, which in turn comments on the class…

deeply ingrained beliefs that people of African decent were their inferior. (p. 360) White supremacy, the disenfranchisement of black voters, poor heath care, education and housing all contributed to social, political and economic context of the United States in…

crucial aspect of citizenship. In regards to this social injustice, it is important to understand the connection between the Pre-Construction Era and modern day circumstances and how mass incarceration is deep-rooted within racial ideology in the United States to promote . To begin with, knowing the historical context of this situation is very relevant in understanding how to combat this dilemma. The historical perspective of mass incarceration provides an insight of the primitive racially…

In order to own lands and be considered as a citizen of America, former slaves went to great length to be a good citizens, “Have we broken any Law of these United States? Have we forfeited our rights of property In Land? - If not then! Are not our rights as A free people and good citizens of these United States to be considered before the rights of those who were Found in rebellion against this good and just Government.” (Document 14.1). They were also willing to follow all the rights…

era of Reconstruction had begun. The South was in need of serious reconstruction, not only from the loss of free labor due to the Emancipation Proclamation, which had abolished slavery in the United States, but from the battles of the Civil War itself. In this time, Federal soldiers occupied the southern states enforcing the new laws and amendments which had granted African Americans new freedoms as citizens of the nation. African Americans, though free, were segregated from the White’s…

Civil War may have looked. Many have been erudite enough on the Civil War to be able to produce many scholarly books and articles, in order to help people better understand. The importance of the years that literally changed the history for the United States of America. One known and famous scholar, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Winner, James M. McPherson has done just that with the book entitled the Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. A work of such perplexing extension essentially…

could possibly be the same one that was known for committing violent acts. In actuality due to the history mentioned above, and their mysterious nature of the organization, it created an organization with a potential to become “regulators” for southern society. With the mysterious nature of the Klan, one was unaware of the group’s agenda when seen operating during the night. Since people in general fear the unknown, the Klan noticed that whenever they were out at night, people would either…