Jim Crow: Persuasive Campaign

Alabama State 11th Grade Standards

Standard 2.  Describe social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism.

• Analyzing political and social motives that shaped the 1901 Constitution of Alabama to determine their long-term effect on politics and economics in Alabama.
• Explaining Supreme Court decisions affecting the Progressive Movement.
• Determining the influence of the Niagara Movement, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and
• Carter G. Woodson of the Progressive Era.

National Standards for US History

Era 6:  The Development of the industrial United States (1970-1900)

• Standard 2B:  Students should be able to demonstrate understanding of Social Darwinism, race relations, and the struggle for equal rights and opportunities by:
  • Analyzing political, social, and economic discrimination against African Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans in different regions of the country.
  • Analyzing the arguments and methods by which various minority groups sought to acquire equal rights and opportunities.