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1 The Progressive Movement Progressive = Change
These changes included: Women’s suffrage The Temperance Movement Child Labor Unsafe working conditions The rise of Labor Unions

2 Progressive Era Amendments
18th – (1919) Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages 19th - (1920) Women’s Suffrage (The right to vote) 21st – (1933) Repeal of Prohibition amendment

3 18th Amendment “Prohibition” also known as The Temperance Movement
afety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 Prohibited the production, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States

4 Carrie Nation and her “Hatchetations”
Biggest group behind Temperance movement was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Carrie became the face (and ammo) of the movement

5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L 13b0t9aARY&feature=related
Women’s Suffrage Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. 13b0t9aARY&feature=related

6 Two Famous Suffragettes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women gained voting rights and increased educational opportunities

7 21st Amendment Repeal of Prohibition
Prohibition amendment was so controversial, that it became one of the central issues of the1932 Presidential election FDR ran and won on a platform which included an end to Prohibition ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

8 Progressive movement workplace reforms
Were needed because of these three negative effects of industrialization 1) Unsafe working conditions 2) Low wages and long hours 3) Child Labor

9 Lewis Hine and Child Labor He used photographs of children working to try to reform ( and end) child labor practices


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