Ch. 9.1-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals). To bring change to the world. Protecting social welfare.-What is prohibition? The banning of Alcohol. Why did people want prohibition to come about? Because they thought it wwas undermining the American morals. What tactics were used to bring about prohibition? the Womens christian temperance union.-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.ymca made pools and handball courts and opened libraries.-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?-What is socialism? An ecenomic system which the govt. will own and control all buisinesses. How was it started in the United States?-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country? Magazine journalists who exposed thecorrupt side of business and public life. changed elections. reports corrupted city and state levels.-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era? rebuilt the town with a local government. city managers.-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business? break down into small parts. assembly lines. increased pay. reduced hours.-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer? child labor laws.-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor? the Illinois Factory Act. National child labor committee.-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work? They passed laws to lower the hours.-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 RightsCh.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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