-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
the control of the government to the people to restore economic opportunity and correct life in America, wanted to make them government more appealing to the “average joes”
protect social welfare, promote moral improvement, create economic reform, foster efficiency
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
banning of alcoholic beverages, 18th amendment made alcohol illegal
-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.
-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?
prohibition
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?
journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life, they treated their workers better and gave them better pay
-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?
Galveston, Texas had a hurricane so they formed a local government and this caused other cities to want to for a local government
-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?
more efficient machines, assembly line,
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
better wages, shorter hours-Henry Ford
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
the supreme court banned child labor, Keating Owen Act of 1916- the act made goods made from children to go not past state lines,
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?
Muller vs. Oregon 1908- workers were limited to 10 hours
-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?
-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?
secret ballot, 17th amendment,
-What did the 17th Amendment do?
direct elections of senators
Ch. 9.2
-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.
more jobs and better paying jobs, fill jobs in offices, store, and classrooms. women without a lot of education worked in other people’s homes, women started going to college, a lot of woman didn’t get married, they were independent, NACW, NAWSA,
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
(suffrage- letting women vote and be more equal) August 26, 1920- 19th amendment
three step plan- 1. Convince state legislatures to let women vote 2. Pursued court cases to test the 14th amendment (this amendment said that if they denied men citizenship then the congress would not represent them) 3. Tried to get a constitutional amendment to let women the right to vote
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
trust-busting, square deal,
-Square Deal
a term used to describe different reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration, making everyone equal
-Breaking up strikes
1902 coal mine strike
-Regulating railroads
Hepburn Act- limits the distribution of free passes on railroads
-Regulating food and drugs
pure food and drug act, this halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines which called for truth in labeling. this act did not ban harmful products but truthful labels reflected what was in the products.
-Conservation
148 million acres of forest reserves and 1.5 million acres of water. first president to set up national parks
-Civil Rights
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
tariffs
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
lowering the rates on goods
-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.
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 to strengthen Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, The federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 gave the power to investigate violations of regulatory statuses, Underwood Act, Federal Reserve System, 19th amendment, cut the tariff rates for the first time since the civil war
-Breaking up trusts
Clayton Antitrust Law- this was an enhanced form of the Sherman Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Commision- gace agency the right investigate businesses and look for illegal behavior (still around today)
-Underwood Tariff
substantially reduce tariff rates
-16th Amendment
legalized a graduated federal income tax, which provided revenue by taxing individual earnings and corporate profits
-Federal Reserve System
bankers’ bank
-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
The Progressive Era helped many people except for African Americans.
Promoted segregation in government jobs,
Pleased Southern people but not Northern or African American supporters.
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