The Construction of Race, Gender and Government Policies

1. The Cherokee went to the Supreme Court in 1831

1.1. self-government and Georgia Law

2. Christopher Columbus

2.1. Enforce Christianity

2.2. Viewed Natives as Savages

3. Jim Grow Laws

3.1. Segregation of Blacks and Whites

4. 15th Amendement

4.1. Blacks were granted the right to vote

5. Ku Klux Klan

5.1. Made of Southerners

5.2. Destroyed Black properties

6. Mexicans labeled as White

6.1. 1897

6.2. Given own race in 1930

7. United States War VS Mexico

7.1. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

8. Women's Organizations

8.1. 1920

9. Asian communities in Mexico by 17th Century

10. 1823 : The Supreme Court made the decision to restrict Indians from owning land

10.1. can only occupy land in the United States

11. Indian Removal Act

11.1. Andrew Jackson

11.2. Remove Indians from their habited lands

12. Manifest Destiny

12.1. White Settlers "destined" for land

13. South creates new policies to vote

13.1. Literacy Tests

13.2. Voting Tax

14. Florestan Fernandes

14.1. Brazil

14.2. UNESCO