Ch. 8.2:
-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
The separated the blacks from the whites. 2/3 of people attended to a privet school. only a few people attended high school and only minority of Americans had high school diplomas. privete collages and universities required entrance exams.
Ch. 8.3:
-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended? they had to give up there seats if the buses were full or sit in the back. they has separate theatures.
-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson. was the supreme court case that was in 1890's that legally set up segregation in our us.
Ch. 8.4:
-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
many cities built small play grounds and playing fields. some amusement parks were constructed on the out skirts of the Cities. 1st Farris wheel 1893. Tennis came out and bicycle. baseball- 1845. by the 1900 there was an art in all the major cities.
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
-Civil Rights
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
-Land disputes
-Breaking up trusts
-You will have to look elsewhere for some other accomplishments as the book is limited
-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.
-Breaking up trusts
-Underwood Tariff
-16th Amendment
-Federal Reserve System
-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
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