I presented. Tuesday we will quiz. Wednesday go over chapter 9.
Literacy Test- Had to be able to read and write.
Grandfather Clause- If your grandfather could vote before a certain date, you could vote.
Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Music entertainment. Sports. War time, videos of the soldiers. Babe Ruth- 60 homeruns.
Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
-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?
The Origin of Progressivism-
- Reforming the way the politics treat people.
- Middle-class people weren't happy with the way they lived.
- Socialism- common ownership between people.
- Paid poorly, long hours, under-aged, and poor working conditions.
- 7 days a week, 12 hours-2hours, 10 cents per hour.
- The Goals for Progressivism-
- Protecting Social Welfare- To help make working conditions better. Cleaned up workplaces, fed the poor in soup kitchens and taught unskilled workers the value of hard work.
- Promoting Moral Improvement- To improve the attitude for workers. Women's Christian Temperance Union. 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacturing of alcohol. Walk into saloons and sing, and pray to get the owners to stop selling alcohol. Immigrants had issues with the closing of saloons because saloons were serving meals.
- Creating Economic Reform-To Rid of the corrupt side of business. Some business were more favorable to the government than others. The Muckrakers were journalist to show the corrupt side of business clean their "muck"
- Fostering Efficiency- To create the most efficient working conditions possible. Businesses used to scientific management to find the most efficient was to do a task. Limited most workers to a 10 hour day. Ford Flywheel Factory with the assembly line earned 5 dollars a day.
- Child Labor- Could do unskilled, jobs, low wages. More prone to accidents. Keating-Owen Act, prohibited child labored good transportation across states. Soon declared unconstitutional afterwards.
- Local Government- Majority votes were won in return for favor and bribes. Some natural disasters helped reform some local government.
- Elections- The Secret Ballot. Initiative- A bill made by the people. Referendum- the vote on initiative. Recall- forcing an official to have another vote before his next term. 17th Amendment- To allow for popular vote for the people.
Women in Public Life- Pushing for equal rights. Felt that they were less than American men. Suffrage(voting)
What are some major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era? Voting rights, real paying jobs, divorce, higher education.
Women pushing to vote- Felt unequal to men, African Americans men got to vote and not them.
Women leaders in push for suffrage
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Founder Jane Addams.
Theodore Roosevelt Qualifications- First president to agree with both sides. New York State Assemblyman. Governor of New York State. Joined the US Volunteer Calvary.
His Accomplishments- Meat inspections.
The "Square Deal" Formed by three basic ideas. Wanted every person have a chance.
The Federal Employers Liability Act of 1908. Employees Compensation Act. The pure food and drug act of 1906. Meat inspection of 1906. The Newlands Reclamation Act 1092. The Antiquities Act of 1906. The Transfer Act of 1905. Policy towards African Americans-They were given equal rights. They were able to do a lot more. Food and Drug Act- The food and drug act. Prohibited the sale of contaminated foods. Labels had to have the ingredients one them.
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Roosevelt's Former Secretary of War. Looking to consolidate rather than to reform. Helped the economy much stronger, but lacked presidential views. Very uncertain president.
Payne Bill- lowered rates on imported manufactured goods. Aldrich Bill fewer cuts, increased rates. Payne-Aldrich Bill moderated high rates of Aldrich. More competition brings down the price.
Disputed Land- Richard A Ballinger appointed Secretary. Removed 1 million acres of westward conservationist reserved forest and mining land. Pinchot accused Ballinger of commercials interest over rights of natural resources to the public. Pinchot was soon fired.
Breaking of Trust- Taft was more aggressive towards Anti Trust Act. Caused uncertainty in Taft's decisions. "Rule of Reason" if a company grew large through unfair or unreasonable practices would be broken up.
16th Amendment- Allowed for congress to levy income taxes without basing it on the state or census.
Taft gave little attention. Given little relief in the south. Some were still treated poorly, reason for moving to the north.
1912 Election- Candidates- Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft. Wilson won the 1912 election. He had been in favor for small business and despised monopolies.
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