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PROMISES POSTPONED

PROMISES POSTPONED. Objective… Describe how women continued to struggle for equality. The Suffragettes. The19th Amendment…. Feminism in Transition. 47) How did women’s work change in the 1920s and what were the gains and losses?

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  1. PROMISES POSTPONED Objective… Describe how women continued to struggle for equality.

  2. The Suffragettes The19th Amendment…

  3. Feminism in Transition 47) How did women’s work change in the 1920s and what were the gains and losses? 48) The Sheppard-Towner Act… What happened to it and why?

  4. PROMISES POSTPONED Objective… Identify and explain the significance of the Harlem Renaissance.

  5. The Harlem RenaissanceHarlem in the 1920s • Relates to the “Great Migration”… • Harlem 1920-30: - 120,000 new arrivals… 25% from the Caribbean - Total pop. of 200,000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idqeiACqn4

  6. Harlem in the 1920s Poverty… - Poor housing, overcrowded, costly rent - Low end wage earners - Sanitation problems…Disease - High death rates A cultural center… - Large #s of middle class - Churches - Black owned businesses - Harlem attracts: artists, musicians, writers

  7. “nothing can go farther to destroy race prejudice than the recognition of the Negro as a creator and contributor to American civilization”– James Weldon Johnson

  8. African Americans (AA) showcase and celebrate their culture heritage. AA culture defined by the writers, musicians, artists and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. …Black pride emphasizing cultural independence. 51) What was the “New Negro”?... 53) What was the political side to the “New Negro?”… WW I veterans are angry about their treatment following the war. Harlem becomes a center for Black political activism

  9. Marcus GarveyFounder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)Beliefs, goals & tactics… • Organized a movement stressing black unity & inter-dependence… • Blacks support black business • Sponsored parades & rallies… PRIDE!

  10. The “New Negro” 54) The significance of Marcus Garvey & the UNIA… “ In a world where black is despised, he taught them that black is beautiful. He taught them to admire and praise black things and black people.” - Amsterdam Newspaper

  11. W.E.B. Du Bois • Organization: NAACP • The mission of the NAACP… • An African-American civil rights organization • Mission: “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”.

  12. The Harlem Renaissance Objective… Summarize the cultural significance of the Harlem Renaissance?…

  13. The Harlem Renaissance Entertainment What was the white connection to Harlem?...

  14. The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance Cab Calloway Duke Ellington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY&feature=related Louis Armstrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mq4UT4VnbE&feature=related

  15. What is the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?…

  16. Objective… • Identify the issues and the outcome of the1928 election. Herbert Hoover v. Al Smith

  17. NY – Democrat Catholic Self made man Gov. of NY “Wet” Herbert Hoover AL Smith • Iowa – Republican • Quaker • Self made man • WWI Food Relief Admin. • Sec. of Comm. • “Dry”

  18. The Election of 1928 55) The results of the election of 1928? What did it reveal about American society?…

  19. The 1928 Election • Catholicism and the 1928 election… • The irony of the 1928 election…

  20. Have mercy… not the 20s test! Take the 1920s test!

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