Racism:

Cards (5)

  • The Southern states passed the Jim Crow Laws which related to segregation. Black and white people were separated in public spaces.
  • Black people had the worst jobs and the poorest standard of education.
  • Black people also found it difficult to register to vote.
  • It was black people who suffered the most during the Depression. By 1934 over half the black people in the north were dependent on government support.
  • Between 1882 and 1964, there were approximately 5,000 lynchings