PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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Of all northern U.S. cities, Philadelphia had the largest African American population.
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As a center of Quaker influence, Philadelphia strongly supported the education of African American children.
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Laws in other northern cities barred freed African Americans from receiving any kind of education.
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Philadelphia’s citizens believed that establishing African American schools would help the abolitionist cause.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why were many African American schools established in Philadelphia in the mid-1800s? As a center of Quaker influence, Philadelphia strongly supported the education of African American children.
Detailed explanation-2: -describe the state of higher education for African Americans at the turn of the century? attendance at college quadrupled. curriculum designed to meet the needs of industry. all black-colleges and universities opened, but still only a small percentage of african americans were receiving a college degree.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which factor contributed to the growth of the middle class in the late 1800s? Industrialization and the rise of large corporations created a need for more salaried professional workers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Quaker Schools were open to girls, African-Americans, and Native Americans as early as 1600. Enslaved people (slaves) were taught along with the children of middle-class families. Educational change and reform began in the rural areas and then spread to urban areas.