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progressive era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were some of the negative effects of industrialization | Child labor Low wages and long hours Unsafe working conditions |
| What were some of the workplace reforms brought about by the Progressive Movement? | Improved safety conditions Reduced work hours Restrictions on child labor |
| What did Progressive Movement reformers want? | Reformers wanted laws to protect workers and poor people, to reform government and to regulate business. |
| - The women's suffrage movement wanted: | voting rights for women, and increased educational opportunities for women |
| The negative effects of industrialization led to: | the rise of organized labor - progressive movement and workplace reforms |
| This union pushed for higher wages, shorter hours and better working conditions. It was stronger in the skilled trades than the factories, and preferred bargaining over strikes | The AFL - American Federation of Labor |
| , 13 men were killed in a battle between striking steelworkers and strikebreakers at Carnegie's steel plant in Pittsburgh. This strike is known as the - | Homestead-Strike |
| What was an important result of the Homestead Strike? | Americans turned against unions and organized labor which they blamed for the violence. |
| Which Constitutional Amendment finally gave women the right to vote and when was it adopted? | The 19th amendment, adopted in 1920, gave women the right to vote. |
| What did Susan B. Anthony do? | She worked for women's suffrage. |
| What was the movement of those against alcohol consumption and production called? | The Temperance Movement |
| What was the 18th amendment? | It prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. |
| What was Prohibition? | Refers to a time when a constitutional amendment made it illegal to manufacture, transport and sell alcoholic beverages. |