Week of Nov 21-25

Monday: notes

Explain what people did for entertainment in the late 1800's and early 1900's
1. Basketball
  1. Dr. James Naismith
  2. First public game was in 1892
  3. NBA--1920's
  4. Original Rules
    1. 3 fouls in a row you got two points
    2. If you scored there is a tip ball every time
    3. Pretty similar to what we have now
2. Baseball
  1. Invented by Abner Doubleday in 1839
  2. Honus Wagner
    1. Big baseball player at the time
  3. Major League Baseball big in the late 1800's
3. Football
  1. Late 1800's college football became popular
  2. NFL would not start until the 1920's
4. Other popular sports
  1. Tennis
  2. Golf
  3. Boxing
  4. Biking--1885
5. Music and Dancing
  1. Ragtime, Cakewalk, Tap dancing (Bojangles)
6. Movies
  1. The Great Train Robbery--1903
7. World Fair's
  1. Focused on showcasing the latest and greatest inventions and technology
  2. 1853--New York
  3. 1876--Philadelphia
  4. 1893--Chicago (Ferris Wheel)
  5. 1901--Buffalo (McKinley killed)

Chap 9 Key Questions

The Progressive Reform Era (1890-1920)

Protecting Social Welfare (protects poor people in cities)
1. Set up settlement houses for poor
2. Opened libraries
3. Sponsored education classes
4. Opened swimming pools
5. Set up soup kitchens
6. Slum brigades--teach immigrants
  1. Groups of people that teach immigrants
7. The Salvation Army
Promoting Moral Improvement
1. Prohibition
2. Carrie Nation
3. Why ban alcohol?
  1. 18th Amendment to the Constitution
    1. Banned making, selling and transportation of alcohol
  2. Made people not efficient and violent
    1. Beating wives/kids
    2. Wasting money on alcohol
    3. Cheating on wives
    4. Not home to provide for family
4. 19th Amendment to the Constitution
  1. Women's suffrage
    1. Right to vote
Creating Economic Reform (helps factory workers)
1. There was a major unbalance in income and how people lived
2. Many turned to "socialism"
3. Regulation of railroads
4. Regulation of business (Sherman Act)
5. Child labor laws
6. Women and men working hours reduced
7. Workmen's compensation
  1. Get hurt on job=get paid while recuperating
8. Muckrakers
  1. Muckrakers played a big role in bringing reform
  2. Investigative journalists
  3. Exposed the problems of society
  4. Upton Sinclair--The Jungle-meatpacking
  5. Ida Tarbell--Exposed the ruthless methods of the Standard Oil Company
  6. Lincoln Steffens--exposed corruption in government
Fostering Efficiency (helps factory workers)
1. Henry ford paid workers $5 a day
  1. Motivates people to work harder
Reforming Elections
1. States adopt secret ballot
2. Direct Primary
  1. Allows people to select the one Democrat they want and the one Republican they want
3. Initiative--a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers
  1. Allows people to start a bill
4. Referendum-- when voters accept or reject the initiative (bill)
  1. People vote on whether to make it a law or not
5. Recall--enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions
  1. People can vote and throw someone out of office if they don't think they are doing a good job
6. 17th and 19th Amendments
  1. 17th--direct election of US Senators
    1. Allows people of state to choose their senators (able to vote for their senators)
  2. 19th--women's right to vote
7. Made our country more Democratic

Tuesday: notes

Women's Role in Progressive Era
1. Abolition of slavery (13th Amendment)
2. Temperance (18th Amendment)
3. Women's suffrage (19th Amendment)
4. Child labor laws
Teddy Roosevelt
1. Square Deal
  1. What Teddy Roosevelt called his platform for presidency
  2. Wanted everyone to have a fair and equal chance (square deal)
2. Enforced Sherman Anti-trust Act
3. Roosevelt was known as the "trustbuster"
4. Passed the Elkins Act
  1. 1903 (no rebates)
  2. Couldn't give rebates to big companies--had to be fair to everyone
  3. Benefited farmers against railroads
5. Passed Hepburn Act
  1. 1906 (ICC set max railroad rates)
  2. Benefited farmers against railroads
6. Helped settle the 1902 Coal strike in which miners got better pay and a nine hour workday
7. Meat Inspection Act-1906
  1. Government started inspecting to meat to make sure its safe
8. Pure Food and Drug Act-1906
  1. Made sure everything had labels and that food didn't have drugs in them
9. Newlands Act-1902
  1. Sold western land and made dams which allowed irrigation
  2. Important for farmers
10. Didn't do much for African Americans
11. Conservation measures
  1. Set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves
  2. 1.5 million acres of water-power sites
  3. 50 wildlife sanctuaries and several national parks
  4. Conservation--planned management of natural resources, involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others
William Howard Taft
1. Passed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff
  1. Reduced tariffs on some things (tax on imported goods)
  2. Raised tariffs on other things
2. Broke up many trusts including the Standard Oil Company in 1911
3. !6th Amendment passed
  1. Started the income tax
4. Taft wasn't well liked

Wednesday: no school

Thursday: no school

Friday: no school

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Week of Nov 21-25

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