What was the role of government in both promoting discrimination and helping to eliminate it in these groups?

Directions- Essay. You must respond to the question below in essay form. Your response should be detailed and use specific material from all parts of our class to support your answer. A typical response is usually at least 5 full pages, double-spaced (about 1500 words and a normal times new roman 12-point font with regular margins), but you may have a longer answer.
Again…Be sure to use specific examples from the readings and class when answering the essay question. But do not use outside sources and just use material from part 1 of the class (Chapters 15 through 18).

Textbooks
Foner, Eric, Give Me Liberty, Volume Two, Sixth Edition, 2020.
Foner, Eric, Voices of Freedom: Volume Two, Sixth Edition, 2020.

Prompt- Part 1 of the class takes us from Reconstruction through the Progressive Era. During this time, the struggle for social justice for those not able to share in the “American Dream” was a constant theme. Cultural and legal discrimination was commonplace. By examining thoroughly over time (1865 to 1920), look at 2 groups and describe the ways they were discriminated against and ways in which they tried to improve their place in this country by the end of chapter 18. What worked, what failed, and why? What was the role of government in both promoting discrimination and helping to eliminate it in these groups? Be specific with examples.

Groups (pick 2): African Americans, working-class women, middle-class women, Asian Americans, Newly arrived immigrants from Europe in cities, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, industrial workers, and poor farmers.

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