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How does morality, justice, and quality of life relate to the progressive era?   show
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How does morality, justice, and quality of life relate to the progressive era? continued   show
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Why did the progressive movements take place in response to industrialization?   show
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who were the Progressives? Why middle-class? Why Women?   show
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show with things the way they were. The Progressives were women because women were the most upset about the way things were at the time.  
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show Five of the major Progressive movements were the labor movement, business regulation, gender equality, anti-corruption, and anti-vice.  
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Knights of Labor (What was it?, why did they fail?)   show
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Knights of Labor (What was it?, why did they fail?) continued   show
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American Federation of Labor (what was it?, why were they successful?)   show
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American Federation of Labor (what was it?, why were they successful?) continued   show
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show this was a labor union that wanted to unify all laborers into one big union. they failed because the majority of its leaders were sent to jail during world war one by federal prosecutors.  
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Socialism (what is it?)-Why were Progressive policies socialist? Why did most Progressives oppose full socialism?   show
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show already control. Most Progressives oppose full socialism because they were largely middle class and had too much invested in capitalism.  
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Was the labor movement successful? (yes or no and three reasons why)   show
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show Moral reform led to prohibition, the transportation of a woman for immoral purposes being illegal and also the solicitaion of sex being illegal. the Mann Act was the act that prohibited the transportation of a woman for immoral purposes....  
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show The 18th Amendment banned the “manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors.”  
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show around 1898, Many Judges began to think and rule progressively – they had previously followed old, outdated precedents in favor of strict laissez-faire economics and which followed the constitution to a letter.  
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changes in legal interpretations continued   show
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show Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Law.  
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Growth of Government/Changing role of Government; 16th and 17th Amendments, Federal Reserve Bank   show
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Growth of Government/Changing role of Government; 16th and 17th Amendments, Federal Reserve Bank continued   show
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show City managers and officials are chosen by independent commissions to prevent politicians from giving jobs to their inept buddies. 16th Amendment was the federal income tax and the 17th Amendment was the one making U.S. Senators elected by the popular vote  
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Federal Reserve Bank   show
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show depression, encouraged small business growth, and eliminated the impact on the economy of outside forces such as the gold supply.  
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The Woman Movement-What was it like with respect to traditional female roles? 19th Amendment; women in college; unselfish women movements   show
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The Woman Movement-What was it like with respect to traditional female roles? 19th Amendment; women in college; unselfish women movements continued   show
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show Female enrollment in college went from 56,000 in 1890 to 283,000 in 1920, or 47% of total enrollment.Some states allowed women to vote (mostly Western states that wanted to quickly increase their power in Congress....  
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The Woman Movement-What was it like with respect to traditional female roles? 19th Amendment; women in college; unselfish women movements continued continued continued   show
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show Vice President to President William McKinley in 1900.McKinley assassinated in 1901.Roosevelt believed that a large, regulatory government was needed to control business and protect the welfare of the people.  
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show Roosevelt believed that a large, regulatory government was needed to control business and protect the welfare of the people. He said that the line between good business and bad business is very thin so the gov’t needs to act like an umpire.  
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Teddy Roosebelt and business regulation, environment continued continued   show
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show meatpacking and oil trusts because he thought they were immorally exploiting the public.  
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Woodrow Wilson - business regulation, Federal Trade Commision, Federal Reserve Act, Adamson Act   show
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Woodrow Wilson - business regulation, Federal Trade Commision, Federal Reserve Act, Adamson Act continued   show
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Woodrow Wilson - business regulation, Federal Trade Commision, Federal Reserve Act, Adamson Act continued continued   show
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Woodrow Wilson - business regulation, Federal Trade Commision, Federal Reserve Act, Adamson Act continued continued continued   show
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show He didn’t want a strike to cause a crisis during WWI, so he pushed passage of the Adamson Act which mandated an 8 hour day and time-and-a-half overtime pay for RR workers.He strongly backed child labor laws.  
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show He pushed for laws that compensated federal employees who suffered work-related injuries or illness.  
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Adolescence-how did the idea of it develop? why did that age need special attention?   show
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show Social scientists argued that adolescence was the time when people began to solidify their ideas of right and wrong...  
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Adolescence-how did the idea of it develop? why did that age need special attention? continued continued   show
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show Parents feared “unformed morals and awakening libidos.” They wanted to protect their children from the corrupting influences of urban industrialization (prostitutes, drugs, etc). Their fears were not well founded.  
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show Middle class families could now afford to have a teenager not working.Ideas of Adolescence focused on boys and were generally sexist.  
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