Journal 10/15

Turn to page 523; what defines Progressivism? Are there people you would consider Progressives in American society today? If so who and how? If not what are some issues of today the Progressives would have championed? Why?

1. What is a ‘slunk’ calf? What are the workers being asked to do?

2. Why is Jargis starting to lose faith in America?

3. List 2 ways in which the meat is harmful to the consumer and 2 ways in Packingtown is harmful to the worker. Be specific.

4. What gives the ppl of Chicago confidence about the meat? Why is this false confidence?

5. Why/how have these businesses been allowed to get away with what they’re doing?

Theodore Roosevelt • Republicans run TR as

________________ b/c:

• Before TR presidents were:– Roosevelt calls the presidency

his “_______________”:– Quickly intervenes in the:

He will use this to define his presidency

Coal Strike of 1902• Pennsylvania coal workers want

1) Shorter________

2) Better________

3) Recognition of:

•The onset of winter made Roosevelt_________

• Threatens to:

• Mine owners and workers:

Square Deal• TR’s involvement in

the Coal Strike was the 1st time:– TR calls this idea the:– This makes him:

• Roosevelt focuses his attentions on regulating:

““Each person is given a Each person is given a square deal because he square deal because he is entitled to no more is entitled to no more and should receive no and should receive no

less.”less.”

Why did TR do this?! Tell me how each of the following fell under the Square

Deal philosophy

1)Trust busting

2)Elkins Act

3)Hepburn Act

4)Meat Inspection & Pure Food Acts

TR and Anti-Trust

+breaks up RR trust

+Watershed case: TR went after trust that hurt American society.

Journal 10/21

Turn to page 537; see the picture of TR and the political cartoon? What is the ‘bully pulpit’ and what does this cartoon have to do with that?

Analyze the cartoon.

16.2 Women and the movement

16.2 discusses the evolution of women’s roles in public life during the Progressive Era. On your own sheet of paper discuss women’s roles in education, employment and their political involvement at the time. Make sure to include important figures…

Next, create a timeline of the suffrage movement. Make sure you include all important figures, events, dates, laws, etc. Your timeline must be creative and colorful. It must have at least three pictures and should not be on lined notebook paper.

Journal 10/23

Turn to page 282. Read about the Seneca Falls Convention. 1) What were the goals?2) What provoked the convention?3) What does the book suggest is significant about the convention?4) Ok, so women didn’t get the right to vote for like 70years…so what’s the big deal about this convention?

“Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman’s Scorned”

Women and Progressivism

Before 1900s

• 1833 Oberlin Coll. in Ohio:

• 1848 Seneca Falls Convention becomes:

• 1869 women can _____in Wyoming

• 1870s the _________ _________expands for women

• By 1900 women start to change the way:

Women’s Causes• Earliest fights

involved _________– End child______– Improve ________care– Promote ________

• Women’s Christian Temperance Union– Prohibition or _________

of _________ – Thought alcohol caused

______,_______ &:

Kansas’ Own…• Carry, (Carrie),

Nation was an influential:

• “With a Hatchet in one hand and a Bible in the other”– Nation destroyed:– She was an Evangelical

which means:

• 18th Amendment:

Suffrage• Susan B Anthony

registers and attempts to ________– She is________– Court decides:

• Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form:– Fight for women’s _____– Merging of 2 _____– Both women would die:

Journal 10/27

Turn to page 524. Read the red section titled “Reforming the Work Place” Discuss 4 reforms made to the workplace; make sure you talk about the Brandeis brief and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire.

Not Quite So Progressive

African Americans, Imperialism and WWI

African Americans during Progressivism

• Brownsville Incident– 25th Infantry is:– 12 members are: – W/o evidence they:

• Wilson is worse!– Segregated his_____– _______anti-lynching law– Illegal for blacks and

whites:

Imperialism:• Spanish American

War US acquires– 1)– 2)– 3) Philippines – 4) Cuba becomes a

Protectorate:

• 1898 the US annexes__________

WWI• WWI erupts in Europe

in 1914; Americans become more interested in:

• After 1917 ppl protesting for: are criticized b/c many believe they’re being: