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Social Studies Unit 3 Lesson 4

Social Studies Unit 3 Lesson 4. Progress As A State. What Are We Going to Learn?. How did the issue of slavery affect New Jersey? How did New Jersey grow and change in the early twentieth century? How did New Jerseyans meet challenges during dificult times?

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Social Studies Unit 3 Lesson 4

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  1. Social Studies Unit 3Lesson 4 Progress As A State

  2. What Are We Going to Learn? • How did the issue of slavery affect New Jersey? • How did New Jersey grow and change in the early twentieth century? • How did New Jerseyans meet challenges during dificult times? • How had New Jersey changed by the end of the 1900s?

  3. Lesson 4 Vocabulary • discrimination- • to be treated unfairly because of your skin color, religion, or ethnic group • suffrage- • The right to vote • Civil rights- • The rights and freedoms given to all citizens by the Constitution

  4. Lesson 4 Vocabulary • pollution- • Anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use • recycling- • Reusing material • Terrorism- • to knowingly use violence to promote a cause

  5. Lesson 4 How had New Jersey changed by the end of the 1900s?

  6. Working for Change • By 1900s, NJ was home to many cultures • People faced discrimination based on: • The color of their skin • Their religion • Their ethnic group • African Americans and women had especially been treated unfairly

  7. Voting in New Jersey • NJ’s 1st constitution stated that ALL people with a certain amount of money could vote. INCLUDING African Americans and women • BUT… • In 1807 state legislature took this away. For the next 100 years women would fight to win back their right to vote.

  8. Women’s Suffrage • Women’s Suffrage= Women’s right to vote! • 1857- Lucy Stone refused to pay taxes since she did not have the right to vote • Alice Stokes Paul- went to prison while trying to gain women’s right to vote • FINALLY!!! • 1920- 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.

  9. Question Time! What gave women the right to vote?

  10. Rights for African Americans • 13th Amendment made slavery illegal • 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote • Laws were made to protect the rights of African Americans allowing them to attend public schools and public places. • BUT… • These laws were often ignored by many

  11. The Civil Rights Movement • 1950s- Civil Rights Movement began • Civil Rights- rights and freedoms give to all citizens by the Constitution. • They held marches, rallies, and public hearings to protest discrimination. • 1963- Martin Luther King Jr. marched on Washington, D.C. and delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” • In the next two years Congress passed important civil rights and voting acts.

  12. Question Time! • What was the civil righs movement? BRAINPOP!!- Civil Rights Movement

  13. Modern Times • 1970s- New Jersey started clearing up pollution • New Jerseyans have continued to clean up the state’s air, soil, and water. Many focus on recycling. • September 11, 2001- World Trade Centers attack • Terrorism- deliberate use of violence to promote a cause • Killed about 3,00 people and 700 were from NJ

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