Unit 1: Industrialization, Immigration & The Progressive Movement
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-Summarize why women and minorities were working so hard to bring changes -Define temperance and explain why women fought so hard for it -Summarize the 18th Amendment and explain why it was important -Define suffrage and summarize how women finally won the right to vote -Identify and explain the importance of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, and W.E.B. DuBois -Explain the importance of the NAACP Women & Minorities During the Progressive movement, women and minorities saw ways to get involved in bringing about changes to help make life more fair. They were taking advantage of new educational opportunities and working hard to prove that they should be treated equally Women Fight for Temperance and Voting Rights More educational opportunities for women Temperance movement – sought to make alcohol illegal b/c they blamed it for many problems in society Woman’s Christian Temperance Union – closed 1,000 saloons 1919 18th Amendment – banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol Suffrage = right to vote Many fought against women voting 1848, Seneca Convention – First Women’s Rights Convention Declaration of Sentiments 1855, National Women’s Rights Convention 1890, National American Woman Suffrage Association Founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to promote women’s suffrage, or voting rights Alice Paul and other reformers jailed for demonstrations and protests 1919, 19th Amendment protected American women’s right to vote African Americans Challenge Discrimination Booker T. Washington Born into slavery, encouraged African Americans to improve educational and economic well-being to end discrimination Ida B. Wells Wrote articles about unequal education available to African American children and the lynching of blacks in the south Over 3,000 lynchings between 1885-1915 W.E.B. DuBois Believed African Americans should protest unjust treatment and demand equal rights; one founder of the NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Largest Civil Rights organization today The Progressive Movement’s Legacy Made many long lasting changes to American society Raised constitutional questions about just how much power the government has or should have. How much power should they have over American businesses? If the government is too involved, businesses will suffer, and if businesses suffer, people lose their jobs. But if government is not involved at all, businesses can take advantage of workers. Learning Goal 13 – I will be able to: -Summarize why women and minorities were working so hard to bring changes -Define temperance and explain why women fought so hard for it -Summarize the 18th Amendment and explain why it was important -Define suffrage and summarize how women finally won the right to vote -Identify and explain the importance of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, and W.E.B. DuBois -Explain the importance of the NAACP
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