African Americans looked to the courts to safeguard their rights. In the Supreme Court ruled that but equal” did not violate the 14th Amendment, upholding the Crow” laws of the era. Plessy v. Ferguson, “separate “Jim During the early twentieth century, African Americans began the Migration” to Northern cities in search of jobs and to escape poverty and discrimination in the “Great South. Responses of African Americans Ida B. Wells led an anti-lynching crusade and called on the federal government to take action. Booker T. Washington believed the way to equality was through vocational education and economic success; he accepted social separation. W.E.B. DuBois believed that education was meaningless without equality. He supported political equality for African Americans by helping to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). STANDARD VUS.8d The student will demonstrate knowledge of how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early twentieth century by d) identifying the causes and impact of the Progressive Movement, including the excesses of the Gilded Age, child labor and antitrust laws, the rise of labor unions, and the success of the women’s suffrage movement. The Progressive Movement used government to institute reforms for problems created by industrialization. Examples of reform include Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” and Woodrow Wilson’s Freedom.” “New Causes of the Progressive Movement Excesses of the Gilded Age Income disparity, lavish lifestyles Practices of robber barons Working conditions for labor Dangerous working conditions labor Long hours, low wages, no job security, no benefits Company towns Employment of of Progressive Movement Government controlled by the people Guaranteed economic opportunities through government regulation Elimination of social injustices Progressive accomplishments In local governments New forms of government (commissioner-style and city-manager-style) to meet needs of increasing urbanization In governments Referendum Initiative Recall
African Americans looked to the courts to safeguard their rights. In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” did not violate the 14th Amendment, upholding the “Jim Crow” laws of the era. During the early twentieth century, African Americans began the “Great Migration” to Northern cities in search of jobs and to escape poverty and discrimination in the South. Responses of African Americans Ida B. Wells led an anti-lynching crusade and called on the federal government to take action. Booker T. Washington believed the way to equality was through vocational education and economic success; he accepted social separation. W.E.B. DuBois believed that education was meaningless without equality. He supported political equality for African Americans by helping to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). STANDARD VUS.8d The student will demonstrate knowledge of how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early twentieth century by d) identifying the causes and impact of the Progressive Movement, including the excesses of the Gilded Age, child labor and antitrust laws, the rise of labor unions, and the success of the women’s suffrage movement. The Progressive Movement used government to institute reforms for problems created by industrialization. Examples of reform include Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” and Woodrow Wilson’s “New Freedom.” Causes of the Progressive Movement Excesses of the Gilded Age Income disparity, lavish lifestyles Practices of robber barons Working conditions for labor Dangerous working conditions labor Long hours, low wages, no job security, no benefits Company towns Employment of of Progressive Movement Government controlled by the people Guaranteed economic opportunities through government regulation Elimination of social injustices Progressive accomplishments In local governments New forms of government (commissioner-style and city-manager-style) to meet needs of increasing urbanization In governments Referendum Initiative Recall
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