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Areas in Need of Progress Today

 * More security
 * Violence in cities
 * Hunger/poverty
 * Racism
 * Job opportunities for teens

Areas in Need of Progress ( 2nd Industrial Revolution)

 * Immigrant conditions
 * Working conditions
 * Racism
 * Hunger
 * poverty
 * Education opportunities
 * child labor
 * Better law enforcement
 * Poor living conditions(tenements)

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Summary:
A wordle is a thing that if you paste or write a document into it it will take out the most important words or the words that were used the most in that document so that the reader can see before hand and have an idea of what the document or reading will be about. Some of the most important words of used the most were Muckrakers, conditions, Riis, Progressive,

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__Unit II Objectives__

 * Please copy these objectives into your Unit II page - use page line breaks to separate topics or activities this unit (like I have done on this page). Objectives include content, literacy, and technological goals.
 * Next to each of the 6 objectives, write which one or ones it is: is it Content? Literacy? Technology? 2 of them? All 3?

By the end of Unit II, I will be able to... 1. Define and describe the Progressive Era, its key issues, people, and events.- **Content (information)** 2. Make a strong argument of my opinion about the successes and failures of the era.-- **Literacy** 3. Identify main ideas and supporting details in a reading.--- **Literacy** 4. Thoughtfully mark up a text.-- **Literacy** 5. Effectively use technological programs such as Wikispaces, Google Documents & Presentations, Wordle, and Voicethread.--- **Technology** 6. Define and explain essential Key Terms:- **Literacy and content**

All bold key terms need to know*

 * **Progressivism, Progressive Era, Progressives**
 * **Muckraker**
 * **Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens**, Upton Sinclair, Thomas Nast
 * **Reform**
 * Legislation
 * 16th Amendment
 * Federal Reserve Act
 * 19th Amendment
 * Meat Inspection Act
 * Pure Food and Drug Act
 * Sherman Antitrust Act & Clayton Antitrust Act
 * Standard Oil Co.
 * Northern Securities Company
 * Theodore Roosevelt
 * Woodrow Wilson

HOW DOES CHANGE HAPPEN IN SOCIETY?
What are the steps?
 * 1) It starts with a problem developing...
 * 2) Identify the problem.
 * 3) Expose the problem to the people.
 * 4) Join together to figure how to fix the problem.
 * 5) Prepare to fix the problem
 * 6) Try to fix the problem
 * 7) Result ( Laws, etc...)

The Progressive Magazine
Started in 1909
 * The magazine is for peace, social and economic justice, civil right, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment.


 * supports peace, social justice, civil rights, civil liberties, economic justice, human rights, and a preserved environment
 * Urged the U.S. to stay out of foreign wars
 * This magazine is for peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, and a reinvigorated democracy
 * January 9, 1909: Senator Robert M. La Follette founded La Follette's Weekly which was called The Progressive
 * stands against the militarism

=Progressive Era Individual Research=

My topic: African-Americans' Rights- ( Booker T. Washington ﻿)
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** HOW MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA? **

** What were the problems? What was done about them? How much change occurred? **

You will be researching one of the topics below. For your topic you will:

· Conduct internet research and create 2-column __notes__ to acquire information about your topic from at least 3 different sites. Keep track of the sites that you use. · Find at least 2 __images__ that relate to your topic and analyze them (can be a picture or a cartoon). · Find at least 1 __primary source__ (can be a piece of writing, a speech, a newspaper article, etc) that relates to your topic and analyze it, including analysis of POV. · A list of (at least 5) key __vocabulary__ terms for your topic – listed and defined in your words. · A 2-3 paragraph __summary__ of your topic, especially focused on the results – what was changed by the progressives? What stayed the same? Also include connections to today – what progress has been made up to this time? · A __Glog__ to put it all together in an impressive presentation.

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5 Key Vocab Terms
1. Jim Crow Laws- 2.Booker T. Washington- 3.Plantation- 4.National Negro Business League- 5.Martin Luther King Jr.-

=2 Pictures= 


 * Booker T. Washington & Theodore Roosevelt having dinner.
 * Equality
 * Abraham Lincoln


 * Black Power

=Perspective Bias & POV= Perspective: The state of ones idea. How you see something Bias: Influence in an unfair way. How your likely to see something base on your life experiences. POV: Point of view ( opinion or judgement)

=﻿What is a Blog﻿?= A Blog is an internet site where someone can give thier comments and explain their perspective on things.

Examples:[]

=﻿MOST IMPORTANT LAWS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA=

An amendment is a law added to the U.S. Constitution.
Example ; Amendment 1 - right freedom of speech.

Progressive Era Amendments:

 * ===16th Amendment: Allows Congress to make income taxes- people have to pay taxes to the government based on how much $ you make- people who make more $ pay more taxes.===
 * ===17th Amendment: Allows voters to elect their senators-makes politics more democratic- the people have more power.===
 * ===18th Amendment: Prohibitions- outlawed making or selling alcohal- lasted from 1919 to 1933.===
 * ===19th Amendment: 1920- gave woman the right to vote in national elections.===

=Progress Made in African American Rights Movement= =Progress Made in Womans Rights= =Progress Made in Working Conditions= Progress Made In Urban Housing Progress Made In Political Corruption =**Progress Made In Business Practices** = =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Progress Made In Immgirants' Lives** =
 * One of their progresses was the organization of NAACP. It is one of the oldest and most influential civil right organization in the United States.
 * Booker T. Washingtoon was accepted by whitesthe president had him come to the white house to talk about black rights.
 * Own property
 * control own money
 * educational oppurtunities
 * 19th ammendment
 * Had the right tovote
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There were 4 acts that were passed--keatin-owen act, workingmen's act, adamson act, federal farm loan act
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">These acts protected children, helped farms, gave job security.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8 hour working day
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">child labor
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cant be locked in.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Houses were made with brick and stone
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">They had fire-escapes and installed sprinklers in the houses.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">healthier environment
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Progressive mayors and governors won back control of the government from corrupt politicians
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">17th Ammendment was passed. Gave voters the power to elect the senator
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">More efficient government
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The clayton anti trust act- Banned Monopolies
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The meat inspection act- Government inspected the meat to make sure that meat was healthy-Muckraker that helped make this happen was Upton Sinclair (his book was called The Jungle)-he exposed the idea that the meat that people were eating was dirty
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pure Food and Drug Act- made to protect other foods (besides meat) and medicines.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Federal Reserve Act- set up a new banking system and the idea was the federal government would oversee the banking industry more.
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Houses were made better
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sanatation systems were created
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Working hours of women were limited
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Labor unions were recognized
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">industrials safety was provided
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">schooling for children became mandatory

**__Jim Crow Laws-__ Laws kept African Americans from being equal to white Americans- these laws kpet segregation occuring in the south- they made whites and blacks use seperate schools, bathrooms, water fountains, parts of resturants or trains, movie theaters, hotels, etc.. THESE LAWS DO NOT SHOW PRGRESS.**

=__Tenement Act Of 1901-__ Laws that made the requirments for housing in cities- apartment buildings had to be built more sturdy. Had to have bathrooms, lights in the hallways, fire exits, etc...=
 * =__Jacob Riis -__ Muckraker- wrote a book called //How the Other Half Lives//- led to people paying attentions to the tenements in NYC. And the subsequent Tenement Act.=
 * =Ida Tarbell- Muckraker- Was a newspaper and magazine writer and editor- lecturer- Exposes of corporate, standard oil, and biographies of Abraham Lincoln.=
 * =Lincoln Steffens- Worked for NYC newspaper-=

__Theodore Roosevelt-__ President for part of the Progressive Era.
=Youtube Video On African American Rights Movement=

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