Monday -
Talk about entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's
- Circuses (Ringling Bros)
- Amusement Parks
Parks - Central Park in NYC was one of the first
- Basketball
- Baseball
-Football
Tuesday -
Chapter 9 - The Progressive Reform Era 1890-1920
What are some things the progressives did to benefit?
Protecting Social Welfare -- Helping the poor
- Set up settlement houses for poor
- Opened libraries
- Sponsored education classes
- Opened swimming pools
- Set up soup kitchens
- Slum brigades -- tech immigrants
Promoting Moral Improvement - Carrie Nation
- 18th amendment to the US Constitution
- Banned Alcohol
- Was aloud for medicine and in church
- Women Suffrage - they were being impacted the most from husbands drinking
Creating Economic Reform:
- Regulation of Business - Sherman Act (To break up monopolies)
- Child labor laws were passed
- Hours reduced
- Workmen's compensation - pay day
Muckraker:
- Investigative journalist
- Expose the problems investigated to public
- The Jungle-meatpacking was a big exposed problem
- Started the whole inspecting that we have today on things
Reforming Elections:
*What did they do to make our country more Democratic*
- Secret ballot
- direct primary
- Initiative - a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers
- Referendum - when voters accept or reject the initiative (bill)
- Recall - enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions
- 17th and 19th Amendments - (17th)direct election of US senators - (19th)the right to vote to women
Women:
- Importance of women was huge
- NAWSA
- Big progressives
- Wanted equality
Teddy Roosevelt-- one of the greatest presidents
* Square Deal
-- Wanted to give all Americans a chance
Factories:
(Thanksgiving break)
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