The Struggle Against Discrimination – Flashcards
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Americanization
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A belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens.
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Booker T. Washington
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The Nation's visible African American leader. Told blacks to move slowly toward racial progress.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Organize throughly the intelligent honest Negroes throughout the United States.
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Niagara Movement
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Group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in education and voting practices.
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NAACP
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Interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.
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Urban League
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Network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settles and find work in the cities.
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Anti-Defamation League
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Organization formed in 1913 to defend Jews against physical and verbal attacks and false statements.
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Mutualistas
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Organized groups of Mexican-Americans that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community.
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What steps did minorities take to combat social problems and discrimination?
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Free african americans, make them free from peonage, disfranchisement, and insult
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What attitudes did most Progressives hold about minorities and immigrant groups?
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Progressives are usually more supportive of the poor, working class, and minorities and believe in the creation of programs to allow them to have a standard of living similar to that of the more privileged social classes.
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Why did African Americans and others decide it was time to organize against discrimination?
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Nationalities wanted the same equal rights as everyone else, such as voting and segregation in schools.
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What strategies did other minority groups use to defend their rights?
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They formed the Anti-Defamation League to help defend their rights.
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How did Progressives' views about race and values foster prejudice?
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Believed some people were more fit to play role in society
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What do the different approaches of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois suggest about their views of American society?
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Unfair and unequal
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What were goals and actions of the mutualistas more similar to those of the Urban League or to those of the Anti-Defamation League?
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Urban League because both focused on poor workers and to help people
