4. Describe the progress African Americans have accomplished in the 20th century both politically and socially. Consider the ideas of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois as well as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition, your response should include significant events that have made an impact in the progress of African Americans like the Harlem Renaissance as well as the Civil Rights movement. Use specific details and examples to support your ideas.

Two great leaders of the black community in the late 19th and 20th century were W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington.

Booker T. Washington, preached a philosophy of self-help, racial solidarity and accomodation. He urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and concentrate on elevating themselves through hard work and material prosperity.

W.E.B. Du Bois, said no — Washington’s strategy would serve only to perpetuate white oppression. Du Bois advocated political action and a civil rights

The Du Bois philosophy of agitation and protest for civil rights flowed directly into the Civil Rights movement which began to develop in the 1950s and exploded in the 1960s.

I believe DuBois had the best argument. I believe people are very set in their ideas and you need to shake things up with protests and agitation to get them to change their minds about the position of African-Americans in society.

African-Americans got the right to vote with the 15th amendment

Harlem Renaissance African-Americans showed the world how accomplished they were and gave African-Americans pride

March on Washington Martin Luther King gave African-Americans pride and shoot white America that they were not going to be held down a war

 

7. Create an overall theme that encompasses the ideas, events, personalities and developments of the 20th century in America. Explain why you selected this theme and provide at least three examples to support your ideas.

The 20th century revolution in transition to more fair and compassionate thinking

There has been widespread social activism and political reform across the United States from 1900–2000

Americans have tried to eliminate corruption in government, regulate business practices, address health hazards, and improve working conditions.

Mass media and advertising has changed how we look at the world. Corporations and people are no longer able to get away with doing bad things because they will be exposed on the Internet or on TV.

Muckrackers: were journalists who exposed waste, corruption, and scandal in the highly influential new medium of national magazines Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle gave a horrid portrayal of how meat was packed, The purity of food, milk and drinking water became a high priority in the cities. At the state and national levels new food and drug laws strengthened urban efforts to guarantee the safety of the food system. The 1906 federal Pure Food and Drug Act

African Americans and Women have made great strides to change their position in society: African Americans can vote with the 15th amendment and women’s voting rights Nineteenth Amendment

Working Conditions haven’t proved greatly from 1900. There are many laws that protect workers and unions are very common now. People consume in courts for sexual harassment or unsafe working conditions.: Progressives enacted minimum wage laws, industrial accident insurance, restricted child labor, and improved factory regulation.

8. Describe why the time period of reforms is called the Progressive era. Identify at least two people/groups that you believe are most important and/or successful in this era and justify your selection with specific evidence.

During the Progressive Era, 1890s to 1920s there was widespread social activism and political reform across the United States

Progressive reformers sought to eliminate corruption in government, regulate business practices, address health hazards, and improve working conditions.

Muckrackers: were journalists who exposed waste, corruption, and scandal in the highly influential new medium of national magazines Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel The Jungle gave a horrid portrayal of how meat was packed, the purity of food, milk and drinking water became a high priority in the cities. At the state and national levels new food and drug laws strengthened urban efforts to guarantee the safety of the food system. The 1906 federal Pure Food and Drug Act

Women: Across the nation, middle-class women organized on behalf of social reforms during the Progressive Era. pushed for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women’s voting rights, and was instrumental in winning the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920

Working Conditions: Progressives enacted minimum wage laws, industrial accident insurance, restricted child labor, and improved factory regulation.