US8-Chapter 22 Lesson 4

US8-Chapter 22 Lesson 4

Not Even Catholics Were Safe...

Some Protestant Americans felt that Catholic immigrants threatened the “American” way of life.

The American Protective Association (APA) was created in 1887.

Its members would not hire or vote for Catholics.

Multiple Choice

Unequal treatment is the definition given for....

• discrimination

• intimidation

• condemnation

• commendation

Asian Immigration

• Chinese immigrants were willing to work for lower pay-many whites thought they were taking jobs

• Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. The act stopped Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States.

• President Theodore Roosevelt made an agreement with Japan in 1907.

• This Gentlemen’s Agreement allowed fewer Japanese immigrants to come to the United States.

Multiple Choice

The Chinese Exclusion Act and the "Gentlemen's Agreement" both were ways to limit which group's immigration to the US?

• Africans

• Jews

• Asians

• Cobblers

Multiple Choice

Separate neighborhoods, schools, parks, restaurants, theaters, etc. for different races is an example of.....

• segregation

• discrimination

• indoctrination

• imitation

Multiple Choice

Which Supreme Court decision made segregation legal?

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Multiple Select

Which of the following groups faced discrimination before, during, and after the "Progressive Era"?

• Jewish Americans

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Women

• Mexican Americans

Struggle for Equal Opportunity

• Booker T. Washington was born into slavery, learned to read, and founded the Tuskegee Institute

• He believed if African Americans had more economic power (money), they would be in a better position to demand equality 

• He set up schools to give African American education, which led to better jobs.

W.E.B. DuBois

• WEB DuBois was the first African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard University

• He believed that racial equality was an important step in furthering the cause of African Americans

• He founded the Niagara Movement which later turned into the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

A Red Record

• A Red Record was published by Ida B. Wells

• In this book, she exposed, explained, and analyzed lynchings and their causes

• Because of her and others like her, lynchings decreased in the United States

Minorities Decide to Help Themselves

• The Society of American Indians worked to teach white Americans about Native American cultures, and show how the US government had treated Native Americans unfairly

• Notable leader of Society of American Indians--Dr. Carlos Montezuma

• Mexican Americans formed mutualistas (aid groups) that would provide insurance and legal help to the people living in barrios (Mexican neighborhoods)

• Jewish Americans found the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League to fight Anti-semitism

Multiple Select

Which of the following groups worked to fight segregation and discrimination during the Progressive Era?

• NAACP

• Anti-Defamation League

• American Protective Association

• mutualistas

• Society of American Indians