1. 4.3 Striving for Equality

2. America Comes of Age (1890-1920) Lesson 3 Striving for Equality
Learning Objectives
Analyze Progressives' attitudes toward minority rights.
Describe the political organizations formed by African Americans to promote civil rights.
Examine the actions taken by other minority groups to expand their rights.
Key Terms
Americanization
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
Niagara Movement,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Urban League.
Anti-Defamation League
mutualistas,
American Indian Citizenship Act of 1924

3. Minorities face challenges
Progressive Movement Failure
Did not benefit minorities and immigrant Americans
Americanization Movement
Change how immigrants lived
Taught English, American Government, how to dress “American”, replace traditions
Moral Flaws

4. Plessy v. Ferguson Booker T. Washington W.E.B Du Bois
Supreme Court upheld Jim Crow Laws
Legalized Segregation
Booker T. Washington
Achieve economic independence before racial equality
Slow gradual racial progress
Hard work & patience
W.E.B Du Bois
African Americans must fight/demand for racial & social change
Encouraged African Americans to earn higher education
NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Political movement to help African Americans achieve racial equality
Challenge unfair laws