Progressive Era and Civil Rights is an era that our students always find very interesting and connect to because it was not long ago. We start to learn about women's suffrage, child labor laws, the African American Civil Rights Movement, and the Mexican/Latin American Civil Rights Movement. While much of this era may seem to be identification of people, laws, and more, it is important for our students to see the big picture of how people have been affected by labor, voting, and overall legislation that secure our rights as citizens of Texas and the United States.

Standards in this Era:

(1) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in Texas history. The student is expected to:

(A) identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain the purpose of dividing the past into eras, including Civil Rights

(7) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas during the late 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries. The student is expected to:

(C) describe and compare the impact of reform movements in Texas in the 19th and 20th centuries such as progressivism, populism, women's suffrage, agrarianism, labor reform, and the conservative movement of the late 20th century;

(D) describe and compare the civil rights and equal rights movements of various groups in Texas in the 20th century and identify key leaders in these movements such as James L. Farmer Jr., Hector P. Garcia, Oveta Culp Hobby, Lyndon B. Johnson, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Jane McCallum, and Lulu Belle Madison White; and