Jim Crow Law: Naturalization Of Immigrants In The United States

The decision of this case provided constitutional sanction until overruled by the Brown v. Board of Education case. This case introduced the “Separate but Equal” Act. The Plessy v. Ferguson case legalized segregation in public accommodations, education, and

Only 50 Filipinos were allowed to immigrate to the US every year (Lee & Sasaki, 121). 1924 Immigration

The black schools, after investigating further, were proven to be less beneficial. So in conclusion, the Supreme Court over ruled the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Making the schools more equal to each other and combining white and blacks school. This action changed the world and played a big part in the Civil Rights

On July 9th, 1868 the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted in order to secure the previously infringed on rights of formerly enslaved African Americans. This racially charged amendment was intended to guarantee the protection for these former slaves, yet this amendment was distorted in order to justify and deny rights for women, gay couples, men, and various other minority groups. Through examining specific cases such as, Muller v. Oregon and Bradwell v. Illinois, it becomes evident that this amendment has been used both positively and negatively to effect women’s rights and protection under the law. Especially in regarding the 19th century, the Fourteenth Amendment was used to rationalize sexist actions by employers, states, and other officials.

Why was Chinese immigration restricted in 1882? In the years leading up to 1882, a great number of Chinese people immigrated to the U.S. and began working in jobs like building railroads and factory work. They were very attractive to employers because they were willing to work longer hours, for less pay than most Americans were. But in 1882, a law was passed to limit Chinese immigration.

The Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act) stated that a limit of immigrants was allowed to come into the United States. In 1942 a negotiation between Mexico and United States came to this program called the “Bracero” program. The result of the INA of 1924 was that there were many restrictions that did not

A Right Made Decision Not only the Brown and Board of Education was a prominent historic event in which it highlighted a turning point of the United States government, but its victory also proved how Americans upheld the true meaning of the American Independence Declaration that “all men are created equal”. Supreme Court’s ruled in favor of the Brown and Board of Education and against the states’ law in 1954 was the right decision because it reflects the important role and the great effect of the legislature in translating the laws. Black people were extremely discriminated and heavily stigmatized because of the white racial stereotype prior to 20th century, especially in the southern states. During the Reconstruction period, even though Congress

“I 'm tired of being Jim Crowed, gonna leave this Jim Crow town, Doggone my black soul, I 'm sweet Chicago bound, Yes, Sir, I 'm leavin ' here, from this ole Jim Crow town. I 'm going up North, where they think money grows on trees, I don 't give a doggone, if ma black soul should freeze I 'm goin ' where I don 't need no B.V.D.s” (Jim Crow Blues, Davenport). The South offered little to no chance for advancement for rural blacks with the dwindling southern economy that once thrived on the backs of slaves after it came to an abrupt halt and pushed the oppressive, unfair restrictions on their lives in place, called the Jim Crow laws. With a sharp increase in the demand for labor in northern factories due to World War I, African Americans in the South and white factory owners from the North saw the chance for a mutually beneficial enterprise, that would later be referenced in history as The Great

The 1965 Immigration Act, which resulted largely from the civil rights movement and Democratic Congress of the 1960s, played a vital role in the change in demographics of the United States (“History of U.S. Immigration Laws,” 2008). Replacing the existing system of assigning specific countries a limit on the number of people that could immigrate to the United States each year, the 1965 Immigration Act established quotas for each hemisphere: 170,000 immigrants a year for the Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 a year for the Western Hemisphere (Hatton, 2015). Although the limit was expanded to 700,000 immigrants a year in 1990 and has been adjusted many times in the years since (“History of U.S. Immigration Laws,” 2008), the 1965 Immigration Act has been the most significant of all of the immigration reform legislation because it allowed more immigrants from individual countries to come to the U.S., a

During the 1920s Acts were passed in order to limit the number of immigrants entering the country. In the Immigration Act of 1924 quotas for foreigners were cut from three percent to two percent. Restrictions were placed due to concerns over recent years of immigrants contributing to the growing crime and urban problems in the country. Also, immigrants were taking American jobs in the cities because they would work for cheaper which also gave another reason for American to try to limit the number of immigrants coming into the country.

Nine years after the United States Supreme Court ruled separate is not equal many schools were still segregated. Judge Bohanon wanted to end this, so he forced a stop to segregation in Oklahoma City Public Schools through his ruling (1). This shows how government leader like Judge Bohanon would try to stop segregation. With them using the power they had they would start with one small area such as schools and it would get the ball rolling to be able to expand the stop of segregation in other areas. Colleges could no be segregated as of June 6, 1955 because of the ruling by Oklahoma’s Board of Higher Education (8).

For example, the brilliant attorney Charles Hamilton Houston and the NAACP tried numerous cases in the Supreme Court that forced the Court to recognize that “separate, but equal” was hardly the case in public education. In the Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938), a six to two decision, the Supreme Court declared that Blacks can be admitted to White institutions if they were was not a school for Blacks (Cotroll 64-65). Though, it was a victory, it represented a small crack against the Plessy ruling. In future court cases such as Brown I, and the Painter case, the Supreme Court began to rule against separate educational institutions (Hoffer 2017).

The Red Scare in particular made the entirety of American Society anti immigration. The Red Scare was the growing fear of the U.S. having a rise in Communism. There was also a large concern about the growing amount of immigrants coming into the U.S.. To combat this the U.S. established the Emergency Quota Act in 1921 the act established a limit on the number of immigrants accepted from each country. The U.S. would take 3 percent of the population of residents from the origin country into the U.S. each year.

The supreme court case Brown v the Board of Education paved the way for a new level of opportunity for others who followed by ruling that the saying “separate but equal” was unconstitutional and that it violated the 14th amendment. Before 1954, many schools in the United States were racially segregated. This was made legal by the court case Plessy vs Ferguson, which ruled segregated public facilities were legal as long as they were equal. Brown v the Board of Education overruled this case. By doing that, it helped African-Americans by making segregation in schools illegal, providing better conditions in the classroom, and providing African-American students with more opportunities they had never previously received.

I. Attention Getter: Ola Joseph said: "Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness." II. Thesis Statement: Our society is full of different people, and I am here to convince you to encourage and support diversity within the workplace and in our school.