1920s 1890s “Progressive Reform Era” Women’s Suffrage Movement & 19 th Amendment (1920) ** Write down the following question: – What sort of struggles did women endure fighting for the right to vote? –

Stations & Handout ** Take 15 min., go through the three stations and read the handout on your desk, “Camella Teoli Testifies …” answering the questions below: – [1] What was the response of the American Woolen Company after Camella’s accident? – [2] What were her experiences regarding school? – [3] Why did she join the strike?

** (1) To what historical event are the political cartoons on pages 3 and 4 referring? ** (2) What messages are being conveyed in each of these two cartoon image? “A” “B”

Response to Camella Teoli’s story and the Lawrence Textile Strike (1912) … ** What is your response to her story? [1] What was the response of the American Woolen Company after Camella’s accident? [2] What were her experiences regarding school? [3] Why did she join the strike? ** What were Camella’s fears after testifying about having part of her scalp torn off by a machine?

Presidential Election of 1912 ** What are the messages of each cartoon or campaign image?

Presidential Election of 1912 ** Roosevelt & Taft split the Republican vote, allowing Wilson to win. ** Socialist candidate, Eugene Debs, receives almost one million votes. William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Eugene Debs

Wilson’s Progressive Era Reforms Sixteenth Amendment (1913) – income tax, new source of revenue!! Federal Reserve Act (1913) Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914) Further regulated businesses Allowed unions to exist Woodrow Wilson President Democrat

** Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy Federal Reserve strives to manage the money supply as well as the availability of credit within the nation. (1) Open market operations – buying and selling securities, U.S. bonds (2) The discount rate – interest charged other banks (3) Reserve requirements – keeping $$$ on hand Federal Reserve Act (1913)

Prohibition, 18 th Amendment ** (1) What were some of the developments that led up to Prohibition? ** (2) What were some of the “Unexpected Events” associated with Prohibition, which lasted from 1919 to 1933? ** Women supported this so as to reduce domestic violence and drunkenness ** Should be seen as part of the Progressive spirit to order society. “Education has become to them a mere secondary auxiliary in shaping our lightning course towards perfection. Mankind, if we are to believe them, can be made honest, and righteous, and sober, and moral, and what not, by a mere stroke of the legislative pen.” -- Percy Andreae