Today we are going to continue presentations starting with chapter 9.
Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
-to bring change to the world
Goals:
-protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, fostering efficiency
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
-the banning of alcohol
-they feared that alcohal was undermining the american morals
-womens christain temperance union started the act for prohibition(1874)--The group was strictly all women
-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.
-YMCA and Salvation Army
-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?
-banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol *banned alcohol*
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?
-the economic syste the government owns and controls capital and sets prices and production levels.
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?
-magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt 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?
-City councils
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-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?
-broke down into smaller parts
-assembly lines
-increased pay
-reduced hours
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
-the child labor committee gathered evidence and organized exibitions with photos and statisics
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
-the illinois factory act prohibited child labor and limited womens working hours
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?
-10 hour work day for both men and women
-1908 - Muller vs. Oregon
-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?
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-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?
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-What did the 17th Amendment do?
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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 Rights
Ch.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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