Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.2

SS24.5.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.5.2a

  Summarize how women in Alabama participated in the suffrage movement prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

• SS24.5.2b

  Describe how the Populist Movement influenced the creation of the 1901 Alabama Constitution and explain the effects of its adoption, including disenfranchisemen...

• SS24.5.2c

  Identify and describe examples of prison reform, including the abolition of the convict-lease system and leadership of Julia Tutwiler.

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What Students Need to Do

Compare national reforms, such as direct election of senators, with political changes in Alabama. Explain how Alabama women campaigned for the vote and how fear of Populist voting alliances led state leaders to restrict voting in 1901. Describe who faced those restrictions, Julia Tutwiler's prison work, and the later end of convict leasing.

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What Mastery Looks Like

A student names a way Alabama women organized for the vote before 1920. They explain how literacy tests and poll taxes kept many Black men and poor white farmers and laborers from voting. They describe Tutwiler's push for better prison conditions and Alabama's later abolition of convict leasing.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may assume every Progressive Era change expanded voting, though Alabama's 1901 constitution restricted it. They may think poll taxes affected only Black men, not poor white farmers and laborers. Some think Alabama approved women's voting rights in 1920 or that Tutwiler ended convict leasing alone.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Name one national political reform, one way Alabama women sought the vote, and one prison reform linked to Julia Tutwiler. Explain why Alabama leaders feared Populist alliances and how two voting rules in the 1901 constitution kept people from voting.

1. 01

   Cut out and sort four dated cards: 1901 constitution, 1912 suffrage organizing, 1920 voting amendment, and 1928 end of convict leasing.

2. 02

   Ask: Why might a poll tax keep a small farmer from voting even if he could read?

3. 03

   Play reform match: pair direct election of senators, suffrage petitions, poll taxes, and prison inspections with the change each caused.

4. 04

   Compare a mock 1900s poll tax bill with today's Alabama voter registration form; mark which one requires payment before voting.

• SS24.US1.20b

  Describe the political reforms passed during the Progressive Era.

• SS24.AS.15

  Evaluate the extent to which civil rights reformers in Alabama at the turn of the twentieth century successfully challenged the emergence of the Jim Crow South.

• SS24.5.3

  Describe Progressive Era social reforms in both the United States and Alabama.

• SS24.5.8a

  Identify the contributions of reformers during the New Deal, including Alabama political and civic leaders.