Friday September 16th, 2011

Today is a work day in class for our project on chapter 9.

I started reading chapter 9 section 1

--------------These are the main questions I have to answer about the section------------
                                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?

 

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