Week of September 29-October 3

Ch. 9.1

-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).

-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?

-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.

-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?

-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?

-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?

-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?

-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?

-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
 -What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?

-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?

-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?

-What did the 17th Amendment do?

 

Ch. 9.2

-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.

-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.

-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.

 

Ch. 9.3

-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.

-Square Deal

-Breaking up strikes

-Regulating railroads

-Regulating food and drugs

-Conservation

-Policy towards African-Americans

 

Ch.9.4

-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency

-Payne-Aldrich Tariff

-Land disputes

-Breaking up trusts

-16th Amendment

-Policy towards African-Americans

-Break-up of the Republican Party

-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.

 

Ch. 9.5

-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.

-Clayton Anti-Trust Act

-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission

-Federal Farm Loan Act

-Underwood Tariff

-Federal Reserve Act

-Keating–Owen Act

-Adamson Act

-US Neutrality in WWI

-Policy towards African-Americans

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