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Agenda (th 2/21, fri 2/22) Bell Ringer – From Section 17.1 in your textbook and P. 532-3, find 3 more facts, names or examples to add to each column in your HW Organizer on the Progressive Era. You may work with a partner. On a flipchart – discuss the HW – have them talk about their lists – review Progs Jungle/muckraker clip/excerpt Segregation and Discrimination Post-Recon Era Notes w/GO Notes and Poem on BTW and WEB dB Hand out review packet Check rough drafts/finalize cards
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Bell Ringer (Th/Fri) From Section 17.1 in your textbook and p. 532-3, find 3 more facts, names or examples to add to each column in your HW Organizer on the Progressive Era. You may work with a partner.
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Progressive Reforms SocialEconomicPolitical Goal: Examples: Goal: Examples: Goal: Examples:
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Segregation and Discrimination
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In The South: Segregation through Jim Crow laws Limited freedoms for African-Americans Separation of races in public and private facilities Schools, hospitals, parks, buses, trains Voting Restrictions Literacy test Poll tax Grandfather clause Physical Violence Ku Klux Klan Lynchings and Beatings
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Plessy v. Ferguson African-Americans look to the courts to protect their rights 1896 – Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court ruled that “SEPARATE BUT EQUAL” did not violate the 14 th Amendment (legal equality) Allowed segregation and Jim Crow laws in the South, as long as “equal” services were provided
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The North: “The Great Migration” Blacks moved to Northern cities for better paying jobs and social equality Still faced racial discrimination Segregated neighborhoods Workplace discrimination
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RESPONSES OF AFRICAN- AMERICANS
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Ida B. Wells She led an anti- lynching crusade Called for the federal government to take action
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Booker T. Washington Founded Tuskegee Institute Path to equality is through vocational education and economic success Criticized for accepting segregation
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W.E.B. Du Bois Demanded immediate political equality and civil rights for African-Americans Formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 Ph.D. from Harvard Founded the Niagara Movement: to promote university education for African-Americans
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Assignment Read the poem “Booker T. and W.E.B” Answer all the questions in complete sentences.
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