the progressive movement: social issues. the urban poor the gap between the rich and poor grew wider...
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The Progressive Movement:
Social Issues
The Urban poor• The gap between the Rich and Poor grew wider
during this time, especially in the cities• water and sewage systems began to be
improved – to stop the spreading of diseases• building codes were written to create better
housing conditions• Settlement Houses: located in working class
areas, offered child care, education, job search help and social activities – often for new immigrants
- Hull House was famous in Chicago (started by Jane Addams)
- Henry Street Settlement in NYC
Hull House in Chicago, IL
Women’s Rights
• Suffrage (the right to vote) was the leading issue concerning women at this time, but others included:
• Education: More colleges and universities were accepting women
• Birth Control: led by Margaret Sanger, this controversial issue was intended to help inform women about family planning options
Suffrage (right to vote)• Begun in the mid-1840’s in Seneca Falls, NY• Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
– National American Women's Suffrage Association
• During Progressive Movement, women leaders changed their attempt to win suffrage state-by-state – and pushed for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution– Led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns (Iron Jawed Angels)
• National Woman's Party (NWP).
• The role of women in World War I helped change many people’s minds…worked farms and factories!!!
• The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920
•When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put
it down until you get to the end of the row. "
-Alice Paul recalling the advice of her mother
African Americans• Booker T. Washington: promoted vocational
training for African-Americans to support them economically
• W.E.B. Du Bois: founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) He advocated for better educational opportunities for African-Americans
• Ida B. Wells: journalist that wrote against lynching of African-Americans
• Marcus Garvey: a separatist and nationalist, wanted African-Americans to go back to Africa
Booker T. Washington W.E.B. Dubois
Temperance• Many social problems were
seen as the result of alcohol consumption
• Reformers first tried to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed
• later, a push for alcohol prohibition was begun
• 18th Amendment – Prohibition of alcohol
• (1933; 21st Amendment repeals 18th)