Chapter 8.1 Part II The Great Migration & The Progressive Spirit

Today’s Agenda Check and go over homework (Strikes) Finish 8.1 Complete #s 7-15

Smoking causes cancer, emphysema, poor blood circulation, not to mention bad breath, bad teeth, and yellow finger nails.

It accounts for 39% of all preventable deaths.

A poor diet accounts for 28% of all deaths.

As people smoke, and overeat they get sick, they require more health care. This causes the costs of health care to skyrocketing.

The Big Question Can/should the government regulate social behavior or to each his own?

What was the 18 th Amendment (Volstead Act) Act of 1920? Called Prohibition Outlawed (prohibited) sale, manufacture and transportation of all alcoholic beverages By /4 th states were already “dry” Cities (large immigrant population) remained “wet”

Prohibition

What was the 19 th Amendment? Gave women right to vote National Woman’s Party –Alice Paul –Led National Woman's Party (NWP) in 1916 –Picketed White House, hunger strikes Press coverage embarrassed Wilson –He gave his support in 1918 After suffrage women became politically powerful Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921 –gave $ for healthcare of pregnant women

What was the Great Migration? Definition: Massive migration of African Americans to northern cities between 1910 to million African Americans b/t Went North seeking jobs, less discrimination Ford= went from 50 (1916) to over 10 thousand (1926) Chicago –Population went from 44 thousand to 234 thousand ( )

Describe the racial unrest that arose after the Great Migration. Viewed by northern whites as economic competitors Washington Riot –200 sailors beat blacks in city Blacks countered with violence against whites entering their neighborhoods Ended when Wilson called out federal troops Sparked a growth in Black Activism

Who was Marcus Garvey Jamaican who led a back-to- Africa movement Founded Universal Negro Improvement Association Declared himself president of African Empire Dressed flamboyantly Black Star Line –Garvey’s Fleet of Ships Garvey charged with mail fraud and deported

Describe progressivism after WWI. Supreme Court struck down many progressive laws –Child Labor Act of 1916 Forbade Congress to use power to regulate commerce in order to regulate labor WWI, Labor violence, Red Scare pushed many progressives to more socially conservative views The Taft Court