HIST 2057 : HISTORY EXAM 2
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Government: progressive reform: during william howard taft"s administration (1909-1912, during woodrow wilson"s administration, 1912 election, wilson, dramatic expansion in role of. President teddy roosevelt to stop chinese immigration (lasted for about 60 years: further laws passed to limit japanese and korean immigration, throughout this time there is a desire to stop all kinds of immigration. African americans in south: blacks" situation by 1890, situation for blacks by 1890, by 1890, there is an overwhelming majority of blacks in the. South: there is some migration of blacks to the north, economic situation in the south getting worse and worse from. Reconstruction: most blacks in rural areas were sharecroppers, most blacks in cities were workers/laborers, most blacks were of the lower class poor, only 4-7% of black population were middle class professionals. Hard to become professionals because most blacks were not allowed to go to professional schools or practice their professions in most southern areas.
