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Chapter 9
Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals). 1820
period of political and social reform. protecting social welfare.
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
Banning of alcohol. WCTU: women 's christian temperance union. tried to stop bartenders from selling alcohol.
-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.
-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it?
it banned the sale, manufacturing making, transportation of alcohol in the us. it would increase the moral of people.
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?
gov controlled by the community.
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?
workers compensation and child labor laws.
-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?
try to improve life.
-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?
paid the workers more. reduced hours.
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
reduced hours, better conditions and protected children.
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
along with the labor union, pressured the politicians into passing keating owen act.
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?
Muckrackers : journalists that dug deep and found out what was really going on.
-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.
taking care of their homes, men supposed to work. upper and middle class women could afford to stay home but the lower class women had to work.
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
tried to convince state legislature that they should have the right to vote. went to court and asked "are women citizens" : court agreed but denied the right to vote. pushed the national constitution amendment for the right to vote. for the next 41 years nothing changed.
19th amendment : right for women to vote.
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
Susan B anthony : leading proponent of women suffrage.
Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe : National american women suffrage association : leaders.
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President. became pres after the assassination of Mc kinley. very popular with media and the public.
-Square Deal : made for middle class : conservation of natural resources, control of corporations and consumer protection. pushed to restrict big business. give everyone a fair chance.
-Breaking up strikes : 140 000 coal miners went on strikes for better hours, pay and the right to unionize.
-Regulating railroads
-Regulating food and drugs: meat inspection act, pure food and drug act.
-Conservation: several national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, set aside 200 million acres of forest, water power sites and land for research.
-Policy towards African-Americans : Roosevelt failed to support civil rights but he did support a few individual african americans.
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
was a pres but didn't wanted to. controversial accomplishments.
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff 1909
promised lower tariffs but did the opposite.
raised tariffs on goods . Payne introduced a low tariff but by the time it was put in place the prices had risen. tariff = taxes
-Land disputes
mexican- american border. ( Taft and Porfirio Diaz had a summit over the matter. historic. eventually happened in 1963 and gave 1 million acres to the people.
-Breaking up trusts
busted 90 trusts. bad trust : rigged prices
-16th Amendment
congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes.
-Policy towards African-Americans
NAACP national association for the advancement of colored people.
make sure african american had political educational social and economics equality of rights. trying to get rid of racial hatred and discrimination.
-Break-up of the Republican Party
Taft was too cautious to hold up everything. Joe cannon was chaiman of the house rules comittee which decides what bills congress look over
-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.
republicans felt apart by the election time. democrates won governor woodrow wilson's leadership,, new freedom, stronger antitrust legislation, banking reform and reduced tariffs. stronger gov with big businesses gov should be involved.
Ch. 9.5
-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President.
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act
-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission
-Federal Farm Loan Act
-Underwood Tariff
-Federal Reserve Act
-Keating–Owen Act
-Adamson Act
-US Neutrality in WWI
-Policy towards African-Americans
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