1. Women’s Rights Owning Property Divorce Clothing Access to Birth Control (Margaret Sanger) Suffrage - voting Our focus of study! On Your Matrix #1

2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton First president of a new women’s rights organization - National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Part of the early Women’s Rights Movement. Born 1815 Died 1902

3. School House Rock – “Sufferin' Till Suffrage” A good overview

4. Women’s Reform Leaders Alice Paul – radical activist who worked towards gaining suffrage for women. Part of “new generation.” Leads to the passage of the 19 th Amendment (1920)

5. From Mary Poppins “Sister Suffragette”

6. Environment Land Preservationist and Conservationist »John Muir (1838-1914), Sierra Club Founder »“Father of Our National Parks” »Inspired T. Roosevelt programs such as the Antiquities Act (1906) On Your Matrix #6

8. Environment, cont. – National Park Service »Established under Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency in 1916.

10. Matrix #7 (Early) African American Civil Rights African Americans were still fighting for basic rights guaranteed to them in the Constitution

11. Reminder of the Problems African Americans Faced Voter Restrictions –Poll Tax – Pay a fee to vote –Literacy Test – prove you could read & write to vote –Grandfather Clause – exempts a group of people from obeying a law provided they met certain conditions before law was passed

12. Reminder of the Problems African Americans Faced Jim Crow Laws – System of laws that segregated public services by race

13. Reminder of the Problems African Americans Faced Plessy v. Ferguson – “Separate but Equal” (1896) –Supreme Court ruled against Homer Plessy saying segregation was legal as long as separate facilities were equal

14. Additional Problems Faced by African Americans Lynching – mob’s illegal seizure & execution of a person, usually by hanging

15. African American Leaders Who are they? What are their philosophies?

17. African American Leaders Booker T. Washington – encouraged African Americans to become educated & learn a trade Established Tuskegee Institute in Alabama Wanted to work slowly and diligently towards rights – nothing radical

18. African American Leaders W.E.B. DuBois – encouraged Top 10% of African Americans to attend college & become leaders Was more aggressive than Washington in his reform work One of the founders of the N.A.A.C.P.

19. African American Leaders NAACP – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People –Worked through courts to gain equal rights for African Am.

21. Wrap-up for Civil Rights Answer the following question with details on a separate sheet of paper In your opinion who was the more effective leader African American leader: Booker T. Washington or W.E.B. DuBois?

22. “The Shame of the Cities” Written by the muckraker, Lincoln Steffens Dealt with the corrupt nature of politics

23. Our Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt Led the fight to dissolve 40 monopolies as a “trust buster." “Square Deal" promised a fair shake for the average citizen, including: – regulation of railroad rates and pure foods and drugs. – promotion of the conservation movement, emphasizing efficient use of natural resources.

24. William Howard Taft initiated 80 antitrust suits Under his leadership, Congress submitted to the states amendments for a Federal income tax and the direct election of Senators. the Interstate Commerce Commission was directed to set railroad rates. Displeased many liberal Republicans by supporting high tariffs Our Progressive Presidents

25. 1912 Election

26. Woodrow Wilson Anti-trust legislation established a Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair business practices. Laws prohibiting child labor; another limited railroad workers to an eight-hour day. Lowered Tariffs: reduced prices on goods for the lower class Our Progressive Presidents