Mr Bruns is going to talk to us about our sections and take it for points.
Camella Teoli was 12 and worked at a textile mill. A machine used for twisting cotton into thread tore off a part of her scalp. hospitalized for 7 months..then her and lots of others went on strike.
progressivism-bringing change to the country!
four goals of progressivism:
protecting social welfare
promoting moral improvement
creating economic reform
fostering efficiency
- protecting social welfare.
The social gospel and settelment house movements-late 1800s helped the poor. through community centers, churches, and social services...continued into the Progressive Era.
Young Men's Christian Association. (YMCA) opened libraries, sponsored classes built swimming pools, and handball courts.
Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
goals- to protect social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic reform, and fostering efficiency.
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
prohibition- banning of alcoholic beverages.
-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?
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.
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