UNIT 7: INDUSTRIALIZATION, REFORM AND IMPERIALISM NOTES 2

WARM UP QUESTION What was The Jungle? a.A nickname given to the Philippines by US soldiers who fought there b.The title of a book by Jacob Riis that described horrible living conditions of the immigrants. c.A title of a secret telegram send from Germany to Mexico d.A novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry

MORE CHANGES WITH THE PROGRESSIVE ERA To Review: What are the 3 changes to the election process we discussed yesterday? 1. Initiative 2. Referendum 3. Recall

AND MORE REVIEW One more big change to elections was the 17 th Amendment. It allowed for the direct election of senators!

WOMEN PROGRESSIVES They focused on needs of the poor, the temperance movement, and women’s suffrage.

JANE ADDAMS “The mother of social work.” was her nickname She opened Hull House. Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago. It provided assistance to immigrants and the poor. It was a house for activists in the area to live.

THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT Temperance is the movement to limit and eventually remove the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. Leaders were churchgoers and women. Carrie Nation was a leading member of the movement. She would enter saloons and smash bottles of liquor while people sang church hymns. Result: In 1918 the 18 th Amendment was passed. It prohibited the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol.

WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE Because of the involvement with abolitionism, and prohibition women finally were successful in gaining the right to vote! Leaders of the movement: -Susan B. Anthony (Seneca Falls Convention) -established NAWSA National American Woman Suffrage Association -Elizabeth Cady Stanton In 1920 result was the 19 th Amendment.

19 TH AMENDMENT All female citizens in the United States have the right to vote

AFRICAN AMERICAN PROGRESSIVES Jim Crow laws passed after the Civil War caused segregation of blacks and whites. The United States Supreme Court, in 1896, upheld the constitutionality of the Jim Crows in the case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case established the doctrine known as “ Separate but Equal!”

THE NAACP A large group of progressives joined together and created the NAACP. NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. NAACP wanted equal treatment for African Americans. Eventually they were able to get Plessy V. Ferguson overturned!

AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP An important figure of the Progressive Movement for African Americans was W.E.B. DuBois. -He was a Harvard Graduate -Founded NAACP -Wanted African Americans to be politically, socially, and legally active -Wanted immediate change and acceptance of African Americans

LIVING CONDITIONS Poor urban laborers and immigrants continue to suffer in terrible living conditions. These were exposed in a book by immigrant Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives. New York became the first state to pass laws aimed at improving urban tenements.

WORKING CONDITIONS An event that contributed to the need for workplace reforms, also known as labor laws was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. March 25, 1911 Fire broke out, the exit doors were locked to keep employees from stealing, fire killed 146 people and caused a need for change!