Rapid industrialization and urbanization created significant challenges and societal problems that were addressed by a variety of reform efforts. Students will examine demographic trends associated with urbanization and immigration between 1840 and 1920, including push-pull factors regarding Irish immigration and immigration from southern and eastern Europe. Students will examine problems faced by farmers between 1870 and 1900 and examine the goals and achievements of the Grange Movement and the Populist Party. Students will examine the attempts of workers to unionize from 1870 to 1920 in response to industrial working conditions, including the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, the American Railway Union, the International Ladies Garment Workers? Union, and the Industrial Workers of the World, considering actions taken by the unions and the responses to these actions. Students will examine Progressive Era reforms, such as the 16th and 17th amendments (1913) and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System (1913). Students will examine the efforts of the women's suffrage movement after 1900, leading to ratification of the 19th amendment (1920). Students will trace the temperance and prohibition movements leading to the ratification of the 18th amendment (1919). Students will trace reform efforts by individuals and the consequences of those efforts, including: Jane Addams and Hull House Jacob Riis? How the Other Half Lives New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt and the Tenement Reform Commission Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and the Meat Inspection Act Margaret Sanger and birth control Ida Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company Ida Wells and her writings about lynching of African Americans Booker T. Washington's contributions to education, including the creation of Tuskegee Institute? W. E. B. Du Bois and the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the publication of The Crisis, and the Silent Protest (1917)
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Which of the following best describes the differing approaches of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois regarding the advancement of African Americans?
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Washington focused on the migration of African Americans to Northern cities for industrial jobs, while Du Bois argued for remaining in the rural South to build political power.
Washington pushed for immediate social integration through protest, while Du Bois focused on building separate agricultural communities to achieve total economic independence.
Washington advocated for a constitutional amendment to secure voting rights, while Du Bois believed that property ownership was the only path to achieving civil rights.
Washington emphasized vocational training and economic self-reliance, while Du Bois advocated for immediate political equality and higher education for the "Talented Tenth."
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Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, was the culmination of decades of efforts by the women's suffrage movement to secure the right to vote?
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The 17th Amendment
The 18th Amendment
The 16th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
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Which of the following best describes the differing approaches of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois regarding the advancement of African Americans?
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Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, was the culmination of decades of efforts by the women's suffrage movement to secure the right to vote?
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Which social reformer established Hull House in Chicago to provide services such as English language classes and childcare to immigrant communities?
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What was the primary goal of the 18th Amendment, which was ratified in 1919 after decades of advocacy by the temperance movement?
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What was the primary focus of Jacob Riis's 1890 book, "How the Other Half Lives"?
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Which constitutional reform, ratified in 1913 during the Progressive Era, changed the method of electing United States Senators from selection by state legislatures to direct election by the people?
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How did Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, "The Jungle," influence federal government policy during the Progressive Era?
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Which specific reform movement, championed by organizations like the Women's Christian Temperance Union, culminated in the ratification of the 18th Amendment in 1919?
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Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1913, addressed the goals of the Populist Party and Progressive reformers by establishing the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people?
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What was the primary objective of the 16th Amendment, ratified in 1913 during the Progressive Era?
