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Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals). when america was trying to reform the treatment of people. 1890-1920. Protect social welfare- to make conditions better for work, promote moral improvement, create economic reform, fostering efficiency
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition? banned manufacturing sale, transportation, and sale of alcohol, 18th amendment stopped it
-Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.
-What did the 18th Amendment do and why did people want it? banned alcohol
-What is socialism? How was it started in the United States? common ownership between people
-What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country? journalists that showed the corrupt side of business
-What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era? took power/money away from white rich male and gave it to poor people, secret ballot, direct primary, initiative, recall- enabled voters to remove public officials, 17th and 19th amendments
-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business? faster efficiency- efficient working policies, businesses used scientific management to find best way to do a task
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer? safety things on machines
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor? more prone to accidents but forced to do things for low wages
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work? Labor unions made it so they worked 8 hours
-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers? minimum wage, overtime
-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic? took power away from white rich males and gave it to the people
-What did the 17th Amendment do? voters of the state can vote for their own senators, direct election of US senators, giving power to people not rich males
Ch. 9.2
-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era. AA got the right to vote, women got the right, real paying jobs
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment. Women thought it was unfair for African Americans to vote so they pushed for it
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President. first pres to agree with both sides, rich and poor, africans pushed to side by progressives, Governor of New York
-Square Deal formed by 3 basic ideas- labor health and welfare
-Regulating railroads faster delivery for everything
-Regulating food and drugs so no one gets killed from bad foods
-Conservation save things
-Policy towards African-Americans everything is equal
Ch. 9.5
-Describe the major accomplishments/issues of Woodrow as President. established federal reserve, established fed trade commission, Led US into WW1, negotiated a peace treaty for the league of nations, won Nobel prize
-Clayton Anti-Trust Act passed in 1914, broke up monopolies, enforced by the FTC
-Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission prevents unfair methods of competition, conducts investigations relating to the organization, helped the Clayton Antitrust act by investigating companies, FTC is still around today
-Federal Farm Loan Act passed in 1916, provides loans to farmers, allows smaller farmers to be competitive with larger business', member can borrow up to 50% of the value of the land and up to 20 on their improvements
-Underwood Tariffcharged US manufacturers to ship overseas, made it more difficult for private industry to take natural resources, reduced American income tax
-Federal Reserve Act established in 1913
-Keating–Owen Act known as wicks bill, did not last long because it was unconstitutional, prohibited purchase of product produced by children under 16
-Adamson Act established 8 hour work day and overtime pay, violation is considered a misdemeanor, dealt with the railroad system
-US Neutrality in WWI WW proclaimed Neutrality, Woodrow kept us out of war for three years then started WW1
-Policy towards African-Americans Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson mostly ignored Africans, treated unfair, separate schools, businesses, looked down upon, not liked
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