What Are Jim Crow Laws Related To Segregation During The 1890's

The 1890’s was a period of segregation, intense and horrifying racial violence, and political oppression for African Americans. Many whites had become resentful of any signs of African American success in economics or political influence, and they were determined to keep them in their places.
In order to keep the “Negros in their places” whites imposed racial dominance and segregation by preventing blacks from voting. Segregation during this time was to remind African Americans that they were different in spite of what they may have in common. In order to do this certain laws and violent actions were used to enforce this. “Jim Crow” laws meaning Negro laws, were laws that demanded the segregation of public schools, public places, public transportation,

and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants and drinking fountains for whites and blacks.

Violent actions such as lynching was used as a social control. The fear of black men raping white women gave the whites a public reason to lynch blacks. During that time lynching was done in mobs that would torture the men by being burned on steaks, and beaten, or hung in ghastly ways. Often time’s blacks were denied their rights to vote, even though the Fifteenth Amendment made it possible for them to do so. White officials went about this indirectly by using poll taxes and literacy test which were designed to prevent often times illiterate blacks from voting.
As time went on blacks started responding to the segregation and the mistreatment, many moved away from the South, but the majority stayed and adapted to white supremacy and segregation. Blacks who stayed found equality in their churches where they not only worshiped, but they had social gatherings, community meetings, and political rallies. These churches offered leadership roles. Many African American leaders such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois fought to end segregation. Even though they both had the same goal to end segregation, they had different mind sets of how they wanted to do so. The two main questions these two leaders

were up against were; should we try to end Jim Crow laws or should we focus on improving the everyday lives of African Americans? Booker T. Washington a strong advocate for black education believed fighting the Jim Crow laws would not work. He believed that blacks should educate and teach youth useful job skills that would help African Americans be successful. Washington thought this would be the best way to help blacks in the South, because eventually segregation would go away on its own. He began putting his method into action by creating a school called Tuskegee Institute for African American men and women. Booker T. Washington’s main idea was to build a successful black community. On the other hand W.E.B Du Bois believed African Americans should not accept segregation, and they should try to end Jim Crow laws. He said African Americans should not give up their full political, civil, and social rights. He believed in higher education, his goal was to increase the number of African American’s with college degrees, and develop bold leaders who were willing to go against segregation and discrimination through political actions. I believe W.E.B Du Bois was correct. I believe he was correct because during this time African Americans went through so much dealing with segregation, and they shouldn’t just sit back and wait for something to happen, instead fight for what they believe in until they see change.
The inspiration for the “imperial” expansion of the United States in the late 1800’s was based on keeping the industrial development growing rapidly, which would force the United States to expand into foreign territories. This would give easier access to raw materials. The United States also had moral and religious reasons for expanding. The growth of exports and involvement in international commerce required expansion of the naval force. Their efforts were very successful, because they gained new markets, new sources of raw material, and obtained new opportunities for investments. Some of the long term consequences were freedoms and independence were taken away from the territories that the United States had taken over.