During the mid to late 1800's, America policy did not favor African-Americans, Native Americans, and factory workers. Laws prevented African-Americans from voting and allowed for segregation between them and the whites. The Dawes Act was an attempt to Americanize the Native Americans, but it failed. The federal government favored big business in this time and helped limit the progress of unions. However, child labor laws were eventually passed that did prohibit children from working. All …showed first 75 words of 646 total…

…showed last 75 words of 646 total…the facilities for African-Americans were always inferior. These state laws made life have less quality, and were very unfair to the African-Americans. African-Americans, Native Americans, and factory workers were all affected by laws passed between 1865 and 1900. Some, like the child labor laws, were beneficial to these groups, but mostly the laws were unfair and unbeneficial. Whether they were federal, state, or local laws, they all had a big impact on the lives of these people. ¤