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The Progressive Movement Progressive = Change
These changes included: Women’s suffrage The Temperance Movement Child Labor Unsafe working conditions The rise of Labor Unions
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Progressive Era Amendments
18th – (1919) Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages 19th - (1920) Women’s Suffrage (The right to vote) 21st – (1933) Repeal of Prohibition amendment
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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
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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
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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
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Two Famous Suffragettes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women gained voting rights and increased educational opportunities
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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
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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
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Lewis Hine and Child Labor He used photographs of children working to try to reform ( and end) child labor practices
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