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:

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

Road Map

Basic problemsAttempted solutions – activism and

innovationNegative effects of innovationMajor problems that came from these

effects and how the U.S. government tried to manage them.

I. ProgressivismObjective 7.01: Explain the conditions that led to the rise

of Progressivism.

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.

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.

B. Muckrakers

Upton Sinclair – wrote The Jungle.Described awful conditions in the meat

packing industryExample: ,eat sitting on floors covered in rats

waiting to be processed and shipped out.Unhealthy working conditions as well.

Guided Practice

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

B. Muckrakers

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

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

II. African-Americans: Fight for Equality

Objective 7.03: Evaluate the effects of racial segregation on different regions and segments of United States

society.

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.”

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?

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.

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

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

Independent PracticeCompare 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.

Exit Ticket1)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.

Exit Ticket2) 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.

Exit Ticket

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