Test today. better start studying. (lol)
i probably wont go today, since we had 4 or 5 volunteers yesterday, and after them theres still a-g last names before me.
today is also an opportunity to work on those progressive era commercial/presentations. so i guess i should start researching the progressive era. my group for that is shannon, ethan, and prichard, naturally, shannon and i will probably be doing most of this project, and we've already made some arrangements. i;'ll be going to her house at some point (we havent set a date yet though). its so nice to be neighbors.
The Progressive era was from the 1890's to the 1920's, and was a period in which one of the main focuses was to eliminate corruption from our government.
Republican leaders- Theodore Roosevelt, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Charles Evans Hughes and Herbert Hoover Democratic leaders- William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson and Al Smith
Were mainly supported by middle class citizens.
Was a time of political and social reform....worked to get rid of political machines and bosses, Believed in science, technologry, expertise, and education. Introduced a more municipal government.
4 amendments were added during this period- income tax, direct election of senators, extended the vote to women, and prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Progressivism:term applied to a wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms in response to the economic and social problems and rapid industrialization introduced to America.
also during this era, there was a crackdown on political machines, alcohol, red-light districts, drugs, and monopolies. progressivists pushed for high schools, playgrounds, and a more effiecient municipal government. enacted minimum wage laws for women workers, instituted industrial accident insurance, restricted child labor, and improved factory regulation. all in all, (these people were pretty good) was efficient only locally at first, then spread from cities to neighboring cities, states, and eventually the whole nation. Valued democracy very highly.
sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era#Exposing_corruption
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/progressivism/index.cfm
http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/progressive-era.htm
yep. so. i'll probably go tomorrow or something. whenever its my turn alphabetically. since i dont do the whole volunteering thing.
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