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Ch. 9.11. Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).-protecting social welfare, promoting moral inprovment, creating economic reform, fostering efficiency2. What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?-prohibition-the abanding of alcohol-prohibitionish feared that alcohol was undermining the American morals3. Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.-YMCA-Young Men's Christiam Association4. What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?-banned the manufacture, sale, and transportaion of alcohol5. What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?-economic system which the government owns and controls capital and sets prices and production levels6. What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?-magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and publoc life-changed elections-reports corrupted city and state levels7. What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?-natural disaster-hurricane-city councils-huge relief-5members took charge8. What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?-businessis-breaking it down into small parts, assembly lines, increased pay, and reduced hours9. What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?10. What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?-prohibited child labor and to limeit womens working hours-they banned child labor11. What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?-from 14 to 10 and eventually to 8 hours12. What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?-minimum wages laws were passed13. What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?-17th amendment-19th amendment-women's get to vote-recall-impeachment, if her was doing a poor job they could vote them out and vote for another one-referendum-took power away from the state and gave it to everyone else-initiative-if the government is doing something wrong the government could start a bill-direct primary-we choose who we want to be president-secret ballot-only you know who you are voting for so your not intimatated to vote either was14. What did the 17th Amendment do?-adopted in 1913, provides for the election of US. senators by the people rater than by state legislatures, gave americans more of voice, laws, election legislator, increased women into the public lifeCh. 9.2!. Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.-they went to colleges more and worked in the work place, and the right to vote, working outside the home2. Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.-founded the nations woment suffrage association, a leader, mind set that women could vote3. Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.-founded the nations woment suffrage association, a leader, mind set that women could voteCh. 9.31. Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.-he became a young leader in NY politics-became NY's police commissioner and assistant sectarary of US Navy-later won govener of NY and then vice president2. Square Deal-represents in fair bargain explaing all side of an argument-helped him win 1904 election3. Breaking up strikes-after 5 months coal reserves werw low and Roosevelt settled the strike-eventually got 10% raise and 9 hour day but had to give up depand fro a closer shop4. Regulating railroads-Roosevelt's real goal was federal regulation-passed acts to help regualte railroads5. Regulating food and drugs-most inpection act in 1906 made strict requirements for meatpackers to be more cleany-the goverment had to pay for the inspecting and the company did not have to label date of processing-the pure food and drug act was passed in 19066. Conservation-set asidde 148 million acres of forest reserve-set aside 1.5 million acres of water power sites7. Civil Rights-he didnt not support the civil right for african americans-1905 had a civel rights confrence in Niagra Falls-1909 African Americans joined with with prominent reformers in NY to found the National Association for advancemetn for Colored People-had over 6,000 members by 1914Ch.9.41. Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency-broke up many trust, standard oil-strengthening the interste commerce commission (railroads)-improving the postal service-passed teh Payne-Aldrich BillProblems!2. Payne-Aldrich Tariff-was a set of tax regulations, that failed to reduce tariffs on manufactured goods-lowering certail tarrif on goods entering the US-the debate ofer the cill caused the republicans to split-the republicans split into two groups called "old guards" and progressive-progressive stopped supporting taft believing3. Land disputes4. Breaking up trusts5. You will have to look elsewhere for some other accomplishments as the book is limited6. Break-up of the Republican Party7. Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.-william tafe was the represented for th republican party-theodore roosevelt created his own group called teh " the bull moose party"-election offered between:wilson's new freedomtafts comservationroosevelts progressivism----wilson won this election because he had most of the vote, and electoral votes to win the states popular vote. if you win by one vote or a million votes you win the election....all the democatic votes voted for wilsonCh. 9.51. Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.2. Breaking up trustswas to prohibited corperations from performing a monopoly-if a company violated this law, officers coulf be persecuted-it also maie strikes, boycotts, and peaceful picketing legal3. Underwood Tariff4. 16th Amendment5. Federal Reserve System6. Limits to Progressivism under Wilson
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