Question

c. connect the decision of plessy v. ferguson to the expansion of jim crow laws and the formation of the naacp.
\jim crow\ laws

• legal _ (separation) of the races
• lasts until the _

plessy v. ferguson (1896)

• supreme court case that established policy of \_, but _\, which meant segregation was legal.
• separate facilities for blacks and whites are okay as long as there are facilities for both.

naacp: national association for the advancement of _

• founded in 1909 to fight for social, political, and economic equality

d. describe progressive legislative actions including empowerment of the voter, labor laws, and the conservation movement.
o progressives also worked to reform political process through greater _
o _: allows individuals to place an issue before voters
o _: allows voters to accept or reject proposed legislation
o _: a process citizens can use to remove an official from office
seventeenth amendment

• 1913: 17th amendment ratified

o allows for the direct election of u.s. _ by the _

• hoped this would make members of congress more accountable to citizens

labor unions

• continued to fight for welfare of workers

o pushed for: _ work days, improved _ in the workplace, end to _ labor
keating - owen child labor act

• keating - owen labor act of _

o prohibited the sale of products made by children across _ lines
roosevelt and the conservation movement

• president theodore roosevelt also began a progressive _ movement, which conserved millions of acres of _ particularly in western states.

Explanation:

1. Jim Crow laws enforced legal segregation of the races and lasted until the Civil - Rights Movement.
2. The Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme - Court case established the policy of "separate but equal", which meant segregation was legal as long as there were separate but supposedly equal facilities for blacks and whites.
3. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1909 to fight for social, political, and economic equality.
4. Progressive legislative actions included:

• Initiative: allows individuals to place an issue before voters.
• Referendum: allows voters to accept or reject proposed legislation.
• Recall: a process citizens can use to remove an official from office.

1. The Seventeenth Amendment (1913) allows for the direct election of U.S. senators by the people.
2. Labor unions pushed for shorter work - days, improved safety in the workplace, and an end to child labor.
3. The Keating - Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 prohibited the sale of products made by children across state lines.
4. President Theodore Roosevelt began a Progressive conservation movement, which conserved millions of acres of public land, particularly in western states.

Answer:

1. segregation; Civil - Rights Movement
2. separate but equal
3. Colored People
4. Initiative; Referendum; Recall
5. senators; people
6. shorter; safety; child
7. 1916; state
8. conservation; public land