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The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era. The Struggle Against Discrimination. Progressivism Presents Contradictions. Social Reform or Social Control Settlement houses aid in Americanization of immigrants Provide help, but also change how they lived Why? – create more loyal/moral citizens

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The Progressive Era

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  1. The Progressive Era The Struggle Against Discrimination

  2. Progressivism Presents Contradictions • Social Reform or Social Control • Settlement houses aid in Americanization of immigrants • Provide help, but also change how they lived • Why? – create more loyal/moral citizens • Alcohol Use – (Customary in European cultures) • Reformers – alcohol use = moral faults • Behind Temperance Movement→ prejudice

  3. Progressivism Presents Contradictions • Racism Limits Goals of Progressivism • Progressives – • shared prejudices of other white Ams • Believed in “so-called” scientific theories – others less intelligent • Plessy v. Ferguson – separate but equal • Segregation laws passed in N + S • 1914 – Fed. Offices in DC segregated

  4. African Americans Demand Reform • African Americans Form the Niagara Movement • Meeting of AA thinkers (W.E.B. DuBois) • Opposed gradual progress/teaching trade skills • Riots Lead to Formation of NAACP • Springfield, IL (1908) – white mob kills 2 AAs, burn 40 homes • Some white reformers join AAs • NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) • Goals – anti-lynching, decent housing, professional careers • Strategies – use courts to challenge unfair laws

  5. African Americans Demand Reform • African Americans form the Urban League • AAs migrate to urban areas • Local black clubs/churches set up relief efforts & employment agencies • Urban League – network of over 100 of these groups • Focused on poor workers (jobs) • Provided clothes, book, children to school

  6. Reducing Prejudice & Protecting Rights

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