The Empire, Reform and War period key themes

Question 1

When was the period of empire, reform and war?

Answer 1

1896-1920

Question 2

What was this period known as?

Answer 2

the Progressive Era->reflected the response to growing industrialisation

Question 3

What was life like for women in this time?

Answer 3

-growth in temperance campaigns during WW1 helped women be prominent in public affairs
-the Nineteenth Amendment of 1920 enfranchised women->huge step but not accompanied by changes to bring about social and economic equality

Question 4

What was the impact on women of the governments willing to contemplate both social and political reform?

Answer 4

-had a particular impact on the position of women who were given the vote nationally in 1919

Question 5

What was life like for African Americans in this time?

Answer 5

-little was done for the civil rights of African Americans
-NAACP
-industrial opportunities led African American workers to migrate northwards->there were some opportunities in the armed forces->white workers and soldiers resented this progress

Question 6

What was the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)

Answer 6

-the first major organisation to promote civil rights
-was largely led by white people initially

Question 7

What was segregation like in this time?

Answer 7

-revival of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan in 1915->growing racial tensions
-policies of an avowedly segregationist president Woodrow Wilson culminated in the racial unrest of Red Summer in 1919
-rapid growth in union membership but there were still industries which did not have unions

Question 8

What was life like for Native Americans in this time?

Answer 8

-Native Americans had mostly lost their lands but continued to resist assimilation even if some were to fight on the side of American forces in WW1