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Chapter 17 Section 3
The Struggle Against Discrimination
Focus Question
What steps did minorities take to combat social problems and discrimination?
 _____________________ and _____________________ continued even during the Progressive
era. Minorities, including African Americans, Latinos, Catholics, Jews, and Native Americans,
worked to help themselves.
 Their efforts paved the way for the era of ____________________________ several decades later.
WASP’s
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Most Progressives were white_____________________Protestants who held the racial and ethnic
_____________________ common in that era.
They _____________________ a model America based on _____________________ ethics and a
white middle-class lifestyle.
As a result, they were often _____________________ to minority or immigrant cultures.
Assimilation
Progressives believed _____________________ would turn immigrants into loyal and moral citizens.
• The results were well-intentioned, but often _____________________ or racist efforts to change
the immigrants.
• While teaching _____________________ they also advised _____________________ to replace
their _____________________ with middle-class practices and Protestant values.
• _____________________ houses and other civic groups played a prominent role in
_____________________ efforts.
Temperance
• Progressives saw many ________________________ customs as moral failures.
• Immigrant use of _______________________, such as the serving of wine with meals, alarmed
some people.
• This _______________________ against immigrant ______________________ and culture gave
strength to the temperance movement.
Segregation
____________________ theories were also used to justify laws that kept blacks from _______________.
Many _________________________________ supported racial prejudices.
• The ______________________________________________ decision furthered discrimination in
the North as well as the South.
• By 1910, __________________________________ was the norm nationwide.
• In 1914, even __________________offices were segregated by Progressive
__________________________________________.
African Americans Divided
• African Americans were split over how to end racial ___________________________________.
• __________________________________________ urged a patient, ______________________
effort based on earning equality through__________________________ and work in the skilled
trades.
• W.E.B. DuBois demanded that African Americans receive all
______________________________ rights immediately.
The Niagara Movement
In 1905, DuBois and _______________________________________ were concerned that all across the
South, black men could not ___________________.
• Their ________________________ Movement rejected the gradualist approach stating that trade
skills “create workers, but cannot make men.”
• They also believed African Americans should learn how to ___________________ for themselves
through the study of history, ________________________ , and philosophy.
NAACP
• After a _______ riot against African Americans in Springfield, Illinois, a number of
_____________ Progressives joined together with the Niagara Movement to help form the
_____________.
• The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded to
demand ______________ and civil rights for _________________________________.
• The NAACP aimed to help African Americans become “________________________ free from
peonage, mentally free from _______________________, politically free from disfranchisement,
and _________________________ free from insult.”
Supporters of the NAACP
The NAACP attracted prominent Progressives to their cause.
Supporters:
Their tactics:
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used their _________________________________ to publicize the
horrors of race riots and lynchings
Ray Stannard Baker
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used the __________________ to challenge unfair housing laws.
Florence Kelley
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promoted professional _________________ for African Americans.
Ida B. Wells
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Jane Addams
The Urban League
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In 1911, the Urban League was formed to create a network of local ______________________
and ________________________ to assist African Americans migrating to
________________________ cities.
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While the NAACP focused on _________________________ justice, the Urban League helped
the _____________ find __________________, housing, clothing, and ______________ for
their children.
Ethnic Self-Help Groups
Many ethnic groups formed __________________________ organizations to combat prejudice and
protect their ___________________.
African Americans
NAACP
Mexican Americans
Mutualistas
Jews
B’nai Brith
Native Americans
Society of American Indians
Jewish Organizations
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In 1843, ________________________ families formed the B’nai B’rith to provide religious
_____________________ and self-help.
In 1913, the _________________________________ League was formed to defend against
physical and ________________________ attacks, false statements, and to “secure justice and
_________________ treatment for all citizens alike.”
Latino Organizations
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___________________________ Americans formed mutualistas, groups that provided
_________________ assistance and disability __________________________.
The Partido Liberal Mexicano in ________________________ served a role similar to the Urban
League for Mexican Americans.
Many Latinos were subject to unfair _________________ contracts, which the mutualistas helped
to defeat.
Other Ethnic Organizations
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Despite organized protests, ___________________________________ and Japanese lost their
ownership of ___________________.
In 1911, ___________________________________________________ helped form the Society
of American Indians to protest federal policy.
Nevertheless, by 1932, two-thirds of all _________________________ lands had been sold off.
In 1913, California restricted land ownership to American citizens only, which excluded the
_____________________________, who were not allowed to become citizens.
In a 1922 decision, the ___________________________ allowed the limitation.