<span>One of the first transformations was the shift from agricultural economy to one based on wages and the exchange of goods and services. The second transformation was urbanization. The cities grew as the jobs grew. The debate on slavery emerged as a giant issue. The issue on the rights of states did as well. The Second Great Awakening happened during this time. Westward expansion also occurred. A war on Mexico happened in 1846 to acquire Texas, California, and all land in between.</span>
3.) to protect individual rights
They believed every human had rights and deserved to live
In the early years of the 20th century, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey developed competing visions for the future of African Americans.
Civil War Reconstruction failed to assure the full rights of citizens to the freed slaves. By the 1890s, Ku Klux Klan terrorism, lynchings, racial-segregation laws, and voting restrictions made a mockery of the rights guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, which were passed after the Civil War.
The problem for African Americans in the early years of the 20th century was how to respond to a white society that for the most part did not want to treat black people as equals. Three black visionaries offered different solutions to the problem.
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