Monday- We went over chapter 9-1 key questions
-Define the Progressive Era, why it started and it goals.- the progressive era was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States and it consisted of four main goals.
1. Protecting Social Welfare- mainly aimed to help the poor, opened libraries, sponsored education classes, built swimming pools, settlement houses, set up soup kitchens, slum brigades- teach immigrants
2. Promoting Moral Improvement- banning alcohol, prohibition, Carrie Nation, Why did they ban alcohol (because husbands were beating their wife and kids and cheating on them), Women's suffrage
3. Creating economic reform- There was a major unbalance in income and how people lived, Many turned to "Socialism", Regulation of railroads, Regulation of business (Sherman Act), Child Labor laws, Women and men working hours reduced,
4. Fostering Efficiency- Scientific management to increase efficiency was used in factories, Fredrick Taylor (Time management studies), Assembly Line, Henry Ford paid workers $5.00 a day!!, Progressives also worked for better efficiency in all levels of government
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?- Prohibition was basically the action of forbidding something especially by the law, people wanted prohibition because
-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?- it allowed the people to choose U.S. Senators
Tuesday- Mr. Bruns was gone so we watched "The Men Who Built America"
Wednesday- Still going over the key questions
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Friday-
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