In this lesson, you have learned about political machines, the social issues that developed in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the movements that
arose to address them.
For this assignment, you will create your own interest group to address one of the social
needs of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Use your knowledge and your 21st-century skills
to:
• choose an issue relevant to the late 1800s or early 1900s to address
prepare a one-paragraph summary of the issue
• choose a name for your group
• thinking as a person living during this time period, draw up a list of demands
(about five or six) and discuss which are the most important and which you are
willing to limit through compromise
• choose meeting times and places appropriate to the people who would be
involved
• create a poster, flyer, or advertisement directed toward your primary audience
and designed to build your movement