Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
Promoting social welfare
Creating economic Reform
-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?
Made Alchol Illegal
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?
they were people who exposed problems and corruption
-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? secret ballot, initiative referendum, recall, direct primary
-What did the 17th Amendment do?
allowed people to directly vote for their senators. still around today
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.
19th amendment allowed women to vote
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
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Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
-Square Deal - plan to help the common people
-Breaking up strikes
-Regulating railroads - newlands act, hepburn act
-Regulating food and drugs - meat inspection act
-Conservation
-Civil Rights
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency - started taking land, he wasn't a good speaker,
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff - moderated the high rates of the Aldrich Bill
-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 - federal trade commition, clayton antitrust act
-Underwood Tariff
-16th Amendment
allowed the goverment to make taxes on income
-Federal Reserve System
-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
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