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Jim Crow Laws
Laws were passed by southerners to segregate many public places such as schools, reatursngs, hospitals, etc. These laws were named after “Jim Crow” dance and minstrel show. -
The Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge at this time was the worlds largest suspension bridge. It was built by John A. Roebling in 1883. -
How the Other Half Lived
Jacob Riis in 1890 wrote a book in 1890 about how people in tenements were living. He talked about all the hardships and struggles they had to go through such as tight living spaces and the disease that spreads throughout them. -
Ida B. Wells crusades against Lynchings
Ida B. Wells used to be a school teacher down in Memphis. During this time there were punishments called Lynchings which was when a mob put someone to death by hanging them without a trial. Ida began a newspaper attacking lynchings and racism.
