Monday- talked about the Supreme court case on Wednesday,
9-1
-Define the Progressive Era, why it started and it goals.
-What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition?
-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?
4 GOALS OF PROGRESSIVES
- welfare- aimed to help the poor, opened library, and build activity for them
economic reform-they sought to change individual behavior
muck rake-they exposed the problems in our country
reforming local government-natural disaster, splits up parts of the city's, they created city councils.
reform mayors- did everything to help the city, and to benefit the poor
protecting working children-low wadges, their were lots of accidents due to fatigue
efforts to limit working hours-made a law to limit women to a 10 hour work day
reforming elections- some cases ordinary citizens won state reforms
direct election- the legislature had choose its on united states senators
Tuesday- watch the men who made america
Wednesday-
went over 9-1
protecting welfare
opened library's
opens swimming pools
started soup kitchens
YMCA-helped
Salvation Army- helped raise money for the poor
2. Promoting Moral Improvement
Carrie nation
Prohibition
Ban alcohol
WCTU-Carrie nation lead
the Push to ban alcohol
women suffrage
3. economic reform
some socialism
regulation on railroads
business are owned by people the harder you work the more you earn
a small group of america owns all of the money
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