presentations
Ch. 8.3:
-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?
- all southern states made new voting restrictions for african americans.
- some states limited voting to only people who could read and made them take a literacy test.
- Poll tax was an annual tx that had to be paid before people could vote.
- grandfather clause: could vote if his father or grandfoather had been eligable to vote.
- Freed slaves were not allowed to vote.
-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.
- in 1892 sat in a "whites only" car of a train and refused to move.
- convicted for breaking law. went to jail.
- set up legal segregation. As long as its equal.
Ch. 8.4:
-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
- Amusment parks: coney Island it opened in may of 1903.
- bycicling. first safe bike made in 1880's.
- playing/watching baseball. started in 1860's.
- tennis: originated in North wales in 1873.
- art: by 1900's big cities had art galleries
- boxing: very popular back then.
Ch. 9.2
-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.
- had to actually do men work like farming.
- betting paying opportunities for women.
- more women graduated from high school.
- teaching, offices, ect. were job opportunities.
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
- tried to get vote at state level
- try to challenge 14 ammendment
- push for new admendment which would happen
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
- Susan B Anthony, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, carrie nation.
- some were violent.
- some did voting even when they weren't suppose to
- parades
- attack government.
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