Post US Civil War
by Michael Thatcher
1. Jim Crow Laws
1.1. Racial Segregation
1.1.1. Public Schools
1.1.2. Public Transportation
1.1.3. Public Places
1.2. Restricted Voting Rights
1.3. Violence Against the African American Community
1.4. Intermarriage Prohibited
2. Spanish American War
2.1. U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence
2.2. Mysterious Sinking of U.S.S. Maine
2.3. Mexican American War
2.3.1. Both wars used to try to expand territory influenced by Manifest Destiny
2.3.2. Both wars had no real reason to start
3. Being White in the US
3.1. Irish Americans
3.1.1. Had same torment and treatment as African Americans
3.1.2. Then joined the workforce and kept African Americans out to improve there social standards
3.2. Jewish American
3.2.1. Becoming educated
3.2.2. Moving up the social ladder
3.3. Italian American
3.3.1. Staying out of the spotlight