THE PROGRESSIVE ERA LIFE AT THE TURN OF CENTURY, THE 2OTH, CH. 16
SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence of the NAACP.
SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION GROUPS OPPRESSED 1. MEXICANS 2. CHINESE 3. NATIVE AMERICANS 4. NEW IMMIGRANTS 5. BLACKS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS A. VOTER RESTRICTIONS B. JIM CROW LAWS C. SCOTUS CASE
VOTER RESTRICTIONS 1. LITERACY TESTS 2. POLL TAX 3. GRANDFATHER CLAUSE
JIM CROW LAWS (AT THE SAME TIME, BLACKS LOST SUFFRAGE…) state and local laws enacted primarily but not exclusively in the Southern and border states of the United States, between 1876 and SEPARATION OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACITLITES 65.
Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) "Daddy" Rice (May 20, 1808 – September 19, 1860) was a comedian in the blackface form of comedy of the 19th century. Because he developed an immediately popular song- and-dance routine playing the role of an old black slave called "Jim Crow", he has also been called "father of American minstrelsy".May September blackface
SCOTUS CASE (SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES) PLESSY V. FERGUSON, 1896 “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL” LEGALIZED, RACIAL SEGREGATION
On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy boarded a car of the East Louisiana Railroad that was designated by whites for use by white patrons only. Although Plessy was one- eighth black and seven-eighths white, under Louisiana state law he was classified as an African-American, and thus required to sit in the "colored" car. When Plessy refused to leave the white car and move to the colored car, he was arrested and jailed
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SKYSCRAPERS, 1890S ELECTRIC TRANSIT (SUBWAYS, TROLLEYS) 1880S AIRPLANE, 1903 CAMERA, KODAK
Chicago's now demolished ten storey steel-framed Home Insurance Building (1885) is generally accepted asThe "first skyscraper". Home Insurance Building
POPULAR CULTURE AMUSEMENT PARKS, CONEY ISLAND, NY, 1884 BASEBALL (NL, AL); BLACK LEAGUES MOTION PICTURES HERSHEY CHOCOLATE BARS, 1900 COCA COLA, 1886 MONTGOMERY WARD AND SEARS CATALOGS RFD, USPS (RURAL FREE DELIVERY) NICKELODEONS, 1903 (5 CENT MOVIES)