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Founding Of Naacp In San Antonio 1918: A Call To Activism, Eric D. Nolden
Founding Of Naacp In San Antonio 1918: A Call To Activism, Eric D. Nolden
Methods of Historical Research: Spring 2020
Enter the Progressive era a time of social activism and political reform, an era aimed at finding a cure for industrialization and urbanization nationally. There were also societal issues that needed to be resolved, issues of governmental corruption, government machines and their overseers, women’s suffrage, child labor laws, the practice of Eugenics, and safer food and medicine for all citizens. Although the reformers of the era were trying to create a “Great America,” the Progressive era encouraged discriminatory rules; rules which aided in the re-emergence of the KKK and lay the foundation for the Immigration Act of 1917. Policies that …