Word of the day: Suffrage: The right to vote. Warm up: In 1900, who has suffrage? Who does not have suffrage?

The Progressive Era Minorities

What do you know about the treatment of minorities in the early 20th century (1900s?) List all that you know: Stop and Think

Segregation and Discrimination: What was life like for blacks? Voting Restrictions: Southern states adopted restrictions on voting & denied African-Americans the right to vote Literacy tests Poll taxes Grandfather clause

Segregation and Discrimination: What was life like for blacks? Jim Crow Laws: segregation laws that enforced racial segregation Origin of the term, “Jim Crow” 1832: Song and Dance performed in black face by Thomas D. Rice “Jump Jim Crow.”

Segregation and Discrimination: What was life like for blacks? Supreme Court Case Plessy v Ferguson: 1896 – established “separate, but equal”

Segregation and Discrimination: What was life like for blacks? Racial Violence and Lynching: “Lynch”- murder by hanging Billie Holiday sings "Strange Fruit“ WARNING: this video shows some very powerful images. Please take the meaning of the video seriously, and consider what kind of impact these events had on African-Americans.

Segregation and Discrimination: What was life like for blacks? Discrimination in the North: Discrimination occurred in the north as well, but not to the same degree.

Great Migration Large-scale movement of Southern blacks to cities in the North African-Americans left to escape Jim Crow laws More job opportunities in the North

Pretend you are a reformer Pretend you are a reformer. CIRCLE which injustice you would fight for first? Stop and Think

Reformers: W.E.B. Dubois First African American to receive a doctorate established the “National Association for the Advancement of Colored People” (NAACP) supported immediate racial equality

Reformers: Booker T. Washington Washington vs. Dubois-VIDEO advocated for gradual equality focused on job training Founded the Tuskegee Institute to equip blacks with useful skills in education, etc.

Reformers: Ida B. Wells Journalist, Newspaper editor, and an early leader in Civil Rights movement Ida B. Wells- organized a national Anti-lynching Crusade Her research revealed that 728 African America men and women had been lynched in the past decade

Look at the reformers: Who do you feel made the biggest contribution Look at the reformers: Who do you feel made the biggest contribution? CIRCLE their name and be prepared to discuss why you think that. Stop and Think

Women’s Suffrage Movement Video Clips: Progression of Suffrage Across the Globe Mary Poppins- Mrs. Banks, the Suffragette

Women seek equality Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National American Women’s Suffrage Association NAWSA

Women seek equality Opposition Women supported Prohibition More restrictions on child labor Many men feared the changing role of women in society

Women seek equality Approaches State legislatures – Wyoming 1st Pursued court cases to test 14th Amendment National Constitutional Amendment – 1920 19TH Amendment: no state could deny a citizen the vote on the basis of their sex.

Below is an editorial by Arthur Brisbane entitled, “Why Women Should Vote”, probably written in 1917:   “When women shall vote, the political influence of the good men in the community will be greatly increased…… The blustering politician, preaching what he does not practice may hold forth on the street corner or in a saloon, and influence the votes of others as worthless as himself. But among women his home life will more than offset his political influence. The bad husband may occasionally get the vote of a deluded or frightened wife, but he will surely lose the votes of the wives and daughters next door. Voting by women will improve humanity because it will compel men to seek and earn the approval of women.” What arguments does Brisbane make to give women the vote? What are some arguments that might have been proposed to deny women the vote?

Women’s suffrage The next 6 pictures are either PRO Women’s Suffrage or ANTI Women’s suffrage. Place the letter of each picture in the correct box on your notes

Anti-Women’s Rights A.

Pro-Women’s Rights B.

Pro-Women’s Rights C.

Anti-Women’s Rights D.

Anti-Women’s Rights E.

Pro-Women’s Rights F.

Imagine Susan B. Anthony is trying to convince the men in the picture below. What arguments might she make to try to alter their mindset?  

Gave women an opportunity to influence government Wrap-up What was the impact of the 19th Amendment?   Gave women an opportunity to influence government