Posted by 3Marielle on October 13, 2011 at 10:35am
9-2:Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.-Many women were getting an education-Some became teachersDescribe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.-Men were very controlling over what freedoms were to be allowed to women, but that made the women push even more for their equal rights-fought against the 14th amendmentDescribe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.-Susan B. Anthony9-3:Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.-Learned how to become a great shooter and a good horse rider as a teen-Boxed and wrestled at Harvard-Served in the New York State Assembly-Served as the US Civil Service Commissioner from 1889 to 1895-Became the Commissioner of the New York City Police from 1895 to 1897-Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1898-Governor of New York 1898-1900-Vice-President of the US in 1901-Wrote many History books-Owned and ran a ranch in the Dakota Territory-Avid hunter-African SafariesSquare Deal:-Giving everybody a fair chance. Making the poor and the rich "equal" in some waysBreaking up strikes-Known as the "trust buster". There were good trusts vs. bad trusts-He helped to settle the 1902 Coal strike in which miners got better pay and a nine hour work dayRegulating railroads:-Passed the Elkins Act (1903-no rebates) and Hepburn Act (1906-ICC set max RR rates) which required railroads to be fair and just in their prices and practicesRegulating food and drugs-Passed the Meat Inspection Act-1906...there was a book that exposed all of the contaminants in the meat products being sold, Roosevelt read it, and passed the act-Passedthe Pure Food and Drug Act-1906Will continue with the rest of this tomorrow.... :)ConservationCivil Rights
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