Question

How were minorities affected during the gilded age?

Answer 1

• Blacks only had slave-like jobs, when whites could be teachers or business men, etc.

• Blacks were not hired to jobs that they applied for because of their color.

• Blacks were paid a lot less then whites for the same job.
• Blacks couldn't live in the same neighborhood as whites.
• Blacks were tormented by whites on the street.
• Blacks were killed, beaten, and lynched for asserting themselves as equal to whites.