HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jim Crow Laws
8 Jun 2016
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Us in the 1900s less people no electronics slower and darker poorer cities had electricity decades before farms did. Jim crow laws segregated all blacks by hanging them who would try to cross those barriers killing the buffalo weakened the great plains indians immigration dramatically changed the make up of its people. 1830 to 1930 saw the largest number of migration in history. It was global, not just in the us. 1914 was the peak of migration: one in every six people in us was foreign. New immigrants - came from places in southern and eastern europe. Fewer immigrants on west coast because of restrictions on asians. 1882 chinese restriction act- restricted entry and made chinese in the. 1907 gentleman"s agreement with japan to slow the japanese immigration. Technology shrinking time and space: switching from sail sips to steam vessels shrank ocean crossing from 5 weeks to 8 days. Rapid population growth in europe and chinda from better nutrition.
