Skipping blog discussions for todayCh. 9.1-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).time when people worked to reform the govenment and correct social problems by taking power away from the rich and giving it to the common people, reform social welfare and soften some hard working conditions, promoting moral improvment, Economic reform, fostering efficiency, cleaning up local government, reform at state level, reforming elections-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?getting rid of alchohol, WCTU, Carrie Nation-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.YMCA, Union Army, WCTU,-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?prohibition-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?basically communism-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?journalists who would write about the corrupt sides of businesses-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?had a mayer-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?they were nice to their employees-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?Workers Comp. saftey laws-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?got rid of child labor at state level-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?cut hours down-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?labor unions-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?reformed elections-What did the 17th Amendment do?every state had to have a primary systemCh. 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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