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Do Now. How would you try to solve some of the problems people migrating west and immigrants in the urban cities faced?. States and Capitals Quiz TOMORROW . Remember it’s cumulative: you’ll have all 21 from last time. Next seven states:

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  1. Do Now • How would you try to solve some of the problems people migrating west and immigrants in the urban cities faced?

  2. States and Capitals Quiz TOMORROW • Remember it’s cumulative: you’ll have all 21 from last time. • Next seven states: • Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota 3 of these 6 public officials: • US Senators from North Carolina • US House of Representatives Congressman from your district (1st) • North Carolina State Senator representing your district (4th) • North Carolina House of Representatives delegate from your district (32nd) • Governor of North Carolina

  3. Road Map • Basic problems • Attempted solutions – activism and innovation • Negative effects of innovation • Major problems that came from these effects and how the U.S. government tried to manage them.

  4. I. Progressivism Objective 7.01: Explain the conditions that led to the rise of Progressivism.

  5. A. Definition • Ideas about how to fix problems in American society. • Progressives wanted government to get more involved in fixing problems caused by urban immigration and industrialization. • Social Gospel – people have an obligation to help those in need.

  6. B. Muckrakers • Progressive journalists who wanted public debate about these issues, so they published work intended to inform society of these problems. • What do you think some of these problems might be? • Jacob Riis – published How the Other Half Lives: pictures of urban slums. Eventually led to reforms. • Other issues muckrakers addressed: political corruption, monopolies and child labor.

  7. B. Muckrakers • Upton Sinclair – wrote The Jungle. • Described awful conditions in the meat packing industry • Example: ,eat sitting on floors covered in rats waiting to be processed and shipped out. • Unhealthy working conditions as well.

  8. Guided Practice • Using Chapter 9 of The Jungle, identify some of the problems with the meat packing industry.

  9. B. Muckrakers • Impact: lots of public discussion and new laws passed, particularly with child labor and workplace safety.

  10. C. Direct Support for the Poor • Jane Addams – established the Hull House • Example of a settlement house: • Also taught work skills and advocated for immigrant rights and better working conditions

  11. II. African-Americans: Fight for Equality Objective 7.03: Evaluate the effects of racial segregation on different regions and segments of United States society.

  12. A. Leaders • Booker T. Washington • Created the Tuskegee Institute to train teachers and teach former slaves skills for the workplace. • Believed that blacks had to integrate and make themselves essential to the U.S. economy. • If they did this, he believed political freedoms would follow. • “Economically productive and self-reliant.”

  13. Guided Practice Answer the following questions while watching the video: 1) What was Booker T. Washington’s stance on civil rights? 2) How did Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois’s opinions on how African-Americans should get equal rights differ?

  14. A. Leaders • W.E.B. Du Bois • Wanted equality through politics and the legal system – against Washington’s ideas • Wanted equality now and not later • Founded the Niagara Movement – group advocating Du Bois’s approach • NAACP is formed from this.

  15. B. Wilmington Race Riot • November 1898 – NC elects Democratic governor • Democrats were in favor of things like Jim Crow laws • Democrats in Wilmington start riot, kill blacks and white Republicans • Force Republicans to leave their office • Result: NC passes first Jim Crow laws

  16. C. The Great Migration • 1910-1940: 1.6 million African-Americans migrate north • Went to cities like Detroit, Boston, and New York City • Reasons: • Escape racism/KKK • Potential for better jobs/wages

  17. Independent Practice • Compare and contrast Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois’s approaches for equal rights of African-Americans. • You should end your compare and contrast by stating which side you would choose and why. • Your independent practice should be 6-8 sentences.

  18. Exit Ticket 1)How did the muckrakers draw attention to areas in society that needed reform? a. They started a third political party aimed at bringing about reforms in government. b. They wrote stories and articles that exposed abuses. c. They traveled to the larger cities making speeches that drew attention to social issues. d. They printed stories exposing the corruption in President Roosevelt’s administration.

  19. Exit Ticket 2) Jane Addams was a social activist of the early 20th century who worked to improve the social welfare of people in cities. She accomplished this by: a. Organizing the International Woman Suffrage Alliance to give the vote to women. b. Opening the first settlement house to provide assistance to new immigrants. c. Founding the March of Dimes Foundation to find a cure for polio. d. Organizing a women’s club to support schools and libraries in cities.

  20. Exit Ticket 3) How did Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois’s opinions on African-American equal rights differ?

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