Week of November 9th-13th

Monday- Notes

Ch. 9.2

-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.

  • Many more women were getting an education 
  • Many became teachers 
  • Help push for the passing of the 18th and 19th Amendments to the US constitution.
  • Prohibition womens right to vote. 
  • Womens Suffrage

-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.

  • 1848-Seneca Falls declaration: Plea for the end of discrimination against women in all spheres of society, inclusing the right to vote. 
  • Women in the mid-late 1800's and early 1900's pushed for four things:
  • Abolition of Slavery
  • Temperance 
  • 19th amendment in 1920 womens right to vote

-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.

  • Jeanette Rankin- Worked to win suffrage in Washington State. Was elected the first woman in Congress in 1916. Voted against WWI and WWII(only vote) 

Ch. 9.3

-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.

  • In 1901 he became the youngest president
  • He went to Harvard College, where he boxed, wrestled, and became a smart man. 

-Square Deal

  • Elkins Act 
  • Giving everyone a fair chance 

-Breaking up strikes

  • He got personally involved in a Coal Miners strike
  • Made him favored more

-Regulating railroads

  • Roosevelt's real goal was federal regulation
  • The Hepburn act of 1906 limited the distribution of free railroad passes. 
  • Roosevelt boosted the governments power to regulate the railroads 

-Regulating food and drugs

  • Meat inspection act- 1906
  • Pure food and drug act- 1906, Truth in labeling. 

-Conservation

  • Cutting down less trees
  • Stop dumping waste in rivers 
  • Coal mines everywhere
  • Conservation measures 
  • National Parks
  • Wildlife conservation areas 

-Policy towards African-Americans

NAACP National Association of Advancement of Colored People

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