Presentations today... yayCh. 7.1:-Why did immigrants come to the US?riches, land, freedom-Where did immigrants come from?everywhere, europe-What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here?-Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions?Ch. 7.2-Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's?jobs and immigration-What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population?housing and jobs, bad water and sanitation, fire-What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities?invent things and pufifying water, sewers, fire sprinklerCh. 7.3-What was the political machine and what did they do for a city?an orginization of people working towards gathering votes for their political leader to get elected onto office-Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring.an extortionist, he was mean-What caused all this corruption in government?money,patronage(spoil system)-What laws came about to reform government?pedleton service act-got rid of most patronage, mckinly tarrif act, wilson-gorman tariff-Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?hayes, garfield,grant, arthur-reform pres. cleveland, harrison, mckinley-status-quoCh. 8.1:-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?skyscrapers, streetcars, central park, kodac cameras, airplanes, automobile, amusment parks, sports-tennis, boxing, baseball-Ch. 8.2:-How did education change in the late 1800's and early 1900's?more schools for children making it that kids ages 8 to 14 needed to go to school, better conditions for schools and more restritions on reprimanding children, more people started going to high school, schools started to de-segregate,ABBY HATES ME!!!!!!!!!Ch. 8.3:-What laws and restrictions were put on African-Americans and other minorities after Reconstruction ended?-Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.Ch. 8.4:-Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's.Ch. 9.1-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).-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?-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?-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?-What did the 17th Amendment do?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.-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.Ch. 9.3-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.-Square Deal-Breaking up strikes-Regulating railroads-Regulating food and drugs-Conservation-Civil RightsCh.9.4-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency-Payne-Aldrich Tariff-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-Underwood Tariff-16th Amendment-Federal Reserve System-Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
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