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Goals of the Goals of the Progressive MovementProgressive Movement
• A government controlled by the people
• Guaranteed economic opportunities through government regulation
• Elimination of Social Injustices
Social Injustices for Social Injustices for Women Women
• No right to Vote
• Destruction of family by alcohol, drugs, and violence
• Children worked all day and had no education
• Earned less money than men
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony
• Leader of the Women’s Movement
• Encouraged women to enter work force during World War I
Accomplishments of Accomplishments of Women’s MovementWomen’s Movement
• 18th Amendment –prohibition; eliminated sale of
alcohol in the United States
• 19th Amendment –women got the right to vote
Accomplishments of Accomplishments of Women’s MovementWomen’s Movement
• Women gained equal rights as men legally but were still kept out of power by men
What is Jim Crow?What is Jim Crow?• Laws that legally separated
whites and blacks in public places
• Designed to keep blacks as second class citizens
What is Jim Crow?What is Jim Crow?• Enforced through lynchings
–Attacks on blacks who tried to violate Jim Crow
Plessy VS Ferguson (1896)Plessy VS Ferguson (1896)• Free black
sued to challenge the legality of Jim Crow Laws
Plessy VS Ferguson (1896)Plessy VS Ferguson (1896)• Supreme
Court ruled the “separate but equal” laws did not violate 14th amendment
Ida B WellsIda B Wells• Led an anti-
lynching campaign
• Investigated and reported lynchings for various newspapers
Booker T WashingtonBooker T Washington
• Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education and economic success
W.E.B. DuboisW.E.B. Dubois
• First black to receive PHD from Harvard
• Vocational education was meaningless without equality
W.E.B. DuboisW.E.B. Dubois
• Helped found National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)