Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
Aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life.
4 goals:
- Protecting social welfare
- Promoting moral improvement
- Creating economic reform
- Fostering efficiency
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
Prohibition: Alcohol was banned because people thought it was the cause of many problems in America
-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?
Muckrakers were journalists who wrote about corrupt people in government.
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