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7. Workers rights and Human Welfare

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1 7. Workers rights and Human Welfare
Protect against low wages, work hazards, unemployment & long hours Triangle Shirtwaist factory Against Child labor

2 8. African American Rights
A. Booker T. Washington Work for immediate self improvement rather than long range social change Tuskegee Institute

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7 B. W.E.B. Du Bois Went to Harvard Wanted to eliminate prejudice and injustice Blacks should accept nothing less than full university education

8 C. Niagara Movement In 1909 formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Whites and blacks worked together on this

9 D. Anti-lynching NAACP had a strong stance against this Ida Wells Barnett - wrote about lynching and traveled around the country

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12 9. Temperance Crusade A. Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Advocated for a ban on liquor Joined by the Anti- Saloon League

13 B. 18th Amendment Made the production, sale or purchase of liquor illegal Ratified in 1920

14 10. Socialism Led by Eugene Debs Economy needed to structurally change
“Wobblies” - Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Radical labor union wanted to eliminate the “wage system”

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