Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900'sleisureamusement parks first started in 1894 and 1893bicycling first started in 1885 as a male only sportthe first tennis match in the us was in the 1880sin 1845 alexander j carwright organized a club in new york city5 years later there was 50 clubsspread of mass culturenewspaper was catching peoples eyes mroe oftenone of the headlines were THE VALLEY OF DEATHbecause there was a flood in johnstown pennsylvania killing 2000 peoplejoseph pulitzer bought new york world a large newspaper companyhe covered comics sports and womens newshis paper emphasized sin sex sensation to surpass his competitionpopular fictionliteracy rates rosemost people prefered to read light fiction booksthey usually sold for 10 cents, hence the name dime novelsnew ways to sell goodsearliest shopping center was open in cleveland ohiomarshall field opened his own store in 1865. his motto was "give a lady what she wantsbetween 1865-1900 advertisement costs rose from $10 million to 95 million10 million americans shopped by mail by 1910the post offive created a rural free delivery13 billion catologs across the us filled people mailboxes by the mid 1900sCh. 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?prohibition is the banning of alcholic beverages . prohibition was part of promoting moral improvementprohibitionist groups feared that alcohol was undermining american moralsthe tactives taht were used to bring prohibition about were the womens christian temperance union and the anti saloon league. members of the wctu advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing , praying, and urging saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol. the antisaloon league worked to pass laws to force people to change and to punish those who drank-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.the young mens christian association opened libraries , sponsored classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts. the wctu also imapcted the aid organizations by probing women with public roles which they used to justify gibing women votin rights-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?the 18th amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverageswomen wanted it most-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?socialism is the belief and the hope that by proper use of government power, men can be rescued from their helplessness in the wild cycling cruelty of depression and boomits all about equality-socialists came and said lets have government run businesses so people are paid bettertake from the rich and give to the poor-the more the government is involved, the more socialistic it isthe roots socialism can be traced to the arrival of german immigrants in the 1850s when marxian sociaalist unions began-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?muckrakers were known as journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of businesses and public life in the early 20th century . the impact that the muckrakers had on the us resulted in litigation or legislation that had a lasting impact on the us-someone that investigates bad things about society-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?disturbed by the inefficiencies and injhustices of the gilded age, the progressives were committed to changing and reforming the country. significant changes aneacted at the national levels included the imposition of an income tax with the 16th amendmenthaving a mayor and a city council and helping eachother out instead of having one big leader-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?instead of focusing on an oregon law that limited women factory and laundry workers to a ten hour day, lawyer louis d brandeis focused on data produced by social scientists documenting the high costs of long working hours for both the individual and society-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?shorter work daysworkmens compensation laws-if hurt on the job youd be paid while recoveringregulating safety of machinesthey enforced child labor lawshenry ford cut the work hours down to 8 hours a day and paid everyone 5 devery day instead of everyone doing the same workflorence kelley also helped make the workplace safer-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?1904, the national child labor committee sent investigators to gather evidence of children working in harsh conditions. they took photos and stats to dramatize the childs situation. they were joined by some members of the labor union who argued that cheldren working lowered the wages of all the workers-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?keating-owen act-limited child labor in factories and how many hours you could 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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