Monday: We discussed forum posts. We also started chapter 9. The Key questions are below.
Tuesday: ABSENT- The class took Iowa Assessments.
Wednesday: ABSENT
Thursday: ABSENT
Friday: NO SCHOOL
Ch. 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?
They were eliminating corruption in government.
The movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses.
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-What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?
Better pay
Better workplaces
Ten hour work days
Time management studies
Assembly Line
Henry Ford paid $5 a day
-What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?
Cleaner work areas
Ended young children working in factories
vents for fumes
Sprinkler system- for fires
-What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?
Children would get injured on the job and then they couldn't work anymore or they could be hospitalized the rest of their life.
Made them pass Child Labor Laws
-What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?
Supreme court declared act unconstitutional due to the interference with states' rights to regulate labor. Succeed in nearly every state by affecting legislation that banned child labor and set maximum hours.
-What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?
over 3,000 Carnegie's workers went on strike but were killed by private detectives. Workers still went on strike.
-What did progressives do to make our country more democratic?
Direct election of senators
people vote
presidents became more progressive
Economy
States adopt secret ballot
Direct Primary- chose the new president
Initiative- a bill originated by the people rather than lawmakers
Referendum- when voters accept or reject the initiative
Recall- enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions
-What did the 17th Amendment do?
It allowed people of the states to elect their own senators.
Ch. 9.2
-Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.
-Describe women's push for suffrage(voting) and the passing of the 19th Amendment.
-Describe some women who were leaders in the push for suffrage and temperance.
Ch. 9.3
-Describe the major accomplishments of Teddy Roosevelt as President.
-Square Deal
-Breaking up strikes
-Regulating railroads
-Regulating food and drugs
-Conservation
-Policy towards African-Americans
Ch.9.4
-Describe the major accomplishments and problems of William Howard Taft's presidency
-Payne-Aldrich Tariff
-Land disputes
-Breaking up trusts
-16th Amendment
-Policy towards African-Americans
-Break-up of the Republican Party
-Describe the outcome of the 1912 Presidential Election.
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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