SS.912.AA.3.7

Examine economic developments of and for African Americans post-WWI, including the spending power and the development of black businesses and innovations.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Instruction includes leaders who advocated differing economic viewpoints (e.g., Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, W.E.B. DuBois, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]).

Clarification 2: Instruction includes the Double Duty Dollar Campaign as an economic movement to encourage community self-sufficiency.

Clarification 3: Instruction includes the impact of Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company.

Clarification 4: Instruction includes the contributions of black innovators, entrepreneurs and organizations to the development and growth of black businesses and innovations (e.g., National Negro Business League, National Urban League, Universal Negro Improvement Association [UNIA], NAACP, Annie Malone, Madame C.J. Walker, Negro Motorist Green Book, Charles Richard Patterson of C.R. Patterson & Sons, Suzanne Shank, Reginald F. Lewis).

General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: African American History
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
2100340: African-American History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2100336: African-American History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2100345: Great Men and Women of Color Who Shaped World History (Specifically in versions: 2017 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))

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