October 26th-30th

Monday- I was gone

Tuesday- Iowa Assesments

Wednesday- I was gone

Thursday- We went over our tests and continued presentations. 

-Define the Progressive Era, why it started and it goals.

People wanted to fix economic opportunities and correct injustices in life

1. Protect Social Welfare

2. promote moral improvement

3. Create economic reform

4. Fostering efficiency 

-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?

  • alcohol led to 
    • Fighting 
    • Addiction
    • irresponsibility
    • sinning
  • People fought it by walking into bars and destroying bottles of alcohol. 

-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.

  • Salvation army- Set up soup kitchens helped take care of kids
  • YMCA- Opened libraries, classes, built parks and pools 

-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?

  • People who wrote about corruption in people's lives
  • Wrote about terrible conditions in factories 

-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?

 Friday- No School

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