Reforms How do we get it done?
African Americans Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement? Lynching Before 1960s? Lynching Segregation W.E.B DuBois NAACP Booker T. Washington New culture Jazz/ragtime Not the only minority attacked
Child labor Concerns National Child Labor Committee (1904) Less pay than adults Hours Health TB and bronchitis National Child Labor Committee (1904) Private organization Still around today Children’s Bureau 1912 National agency Sub group for African American children Miners, mills, factories, “newsies”, farm work Lewis Hine
Political Reforms http://uccpbank.k12hsn.org/courses/APUSHistory II/course%20files/multimedia/lesson52/lessonp_u ccp_ap.html Direct Primaries Voters selected nominees 1913-17th Amendment Allows for DIRECT ELECTION of senators
Welfare Services? Reform mayors Homeless issue Parks Including playgrounds Work-relief programs