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Instructions • You have fifteen minutes to complete the quiz • When done with

Instructions • You have fifteen minutes to complete the quiz • When done with the quiz, return the quiz and answer form to me • Pick up “Race & Progressivism” handout • Optional: pick up Bonus Circle Map assignment – due Monday.

Race & Progressivism The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Turn of the Century

Race & Progressivism The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Turn of the Century c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence of the NAACP.

Essential Question What gains were made by those seeking racial equality for black Americans?

Essential Question What gains were made by those seeking racial equality for black Americans?

Racial Equality Timeline + 1865 – 13 th Amendment + 1868 – 14 th

Racial Equality Timeline + 1865 – 13 th Amendment + 1868 – 14 th Amendment + 1870 – 15 th Amendment ØYou’re not a slave, you’re a citizen, and you can vote - 1877 – Reconstruction ends - 1880 s – Emergence of Jim Crow in the South > System of lawful racial segregation - 1896 – Plessy v Ferguson > U. S. S. C. okays “separate but equal”

Leaders Booker T. Washington Stressed need for education in trades, avoid agitating whites, earn

Leaders Booker T. Washington Stressed need for education in trades, avoid agitating whites, earn their respect by proving worth When blacks proved themselves useful, civil rights and social equality would soon follow Known as accommodationism

Leaders W. E. B. Du. Bois Demanded suffrage, academic education, ending lynching, challenging Jim

Leaders W. E. B. Du. Bois Demanded suffrage, academic education, ending lynching, challenging Jim Crow Saw Washington’s view promoting negro inferiority for minor, temporary gains

Racial Equality Timeline + 1909 – NAACP established > Fight racism by challenging laws,

Racial Equality Timeline + 1909 – NAACP established > Fight racism by challenging laws, demanding full rights of citizenship Did it work? • Lynchings – 1882 – 1892 – 1902 – 1912 64 whites 69 whites 7 whites 2 whites 49 blacks 161 blacks 85 blacks 62 blacks

Racial Equality Timeline + 1909 – NAACP established > Fight racism by challenging laws,

Racial Equality Timeline + 1909 – NAACP established > Fight racism by challenging laws, demanding full rights of citizenship The NAACP will later be instrumental in the 40 s & 50 s in working towards racial equality

Race & Progressivism The needs of black Americans was met with indifference by Progressives

Race & Progressivism The needs of black Americans was met with indifference by Progressives

EQ: What gains were made by those seeking racial equality for black Americans? While

EQ: What gains were made by those seeking racial equality for black Americans? While Jim Crow and Plessy v Ferguson were detrimental to achieving racial equality, the establishment of the NAACP was an important step towards this goal that would not be realized for another half century.