10/29/12

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:

  1. Protecting social welfare
  2. Promoting moral improvement
  3. Creating economic reform
  4. Fostering efficiency

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 did and why did people wanted it?

Banned the making, selling, and transportation of alcohol and drugs

-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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