Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.amusement parks-roller coaster drew many people to Coney Island in 1884, first ferris wheel.bicycling-began as only a male sport. new form of theaters, tennis, shopping-first shopping center opened in Cleveland, Ohio in 1890. food and drinks-1900;s snacks became very popular, the hershey chocolate bar was first sold,Ch. 9.1-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).Protection from social welfare-soften some of the harshness in the conditions, churches and organizations helped build poor peoples voices and get them heard, the YMCA opened libraries, sponsered classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts. promoting moral improvement-The Womans Christian Temperance Union,, became the largest woman group in the nations history, they followed the "do everything" creating economic reform-Big businesses usually got favorable treatment by the government and politicians. Muckrackers- journalists that wrote about the corrupt said of business and publis life in big magezines and news papers were known as this. fostering efficiency-the oregon law limited woman to ten hours of work a day, assembly lines were made and things got done faster, brought mass production. power to the people- initiative- this is when people sign a petetion for the government to either pass or deny recall-when someone from the senate or precidency is removed before their time is up.-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition? it is the manufature, transportation, import, ezport, and sale of alchohalic beverages were restricticted or illegal, woman wanted prohibition the most because they were beaten by their drunk husbands-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.helped surveve plagues, wars, illnesses, natural and mad made disastersm and wars. new american frontiers-revolutionary war aid group-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?banned the manufacture, sale and tranportation of alchohalic beverages, repealed December 5, 1933, they thought it would eliminate corruptions and help improve the society, raither than the drinking rate go down, they went up.-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?it was an organized political movement in the US-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?Muckrackers- journalists that wrote about the corrupt said of business and publis life in big magezines and news papers were known as this-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?populist movement- farmers that for together and talked about crop failure, failing prices, poor marketingm and credit facilities-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?they got child labor laws and more regulations-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?they went from 15-9 hours.-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?-What did the 17th Amendment do?allows the states to vote for their own senators.
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