Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Progressive Movement





Workplace Reforms

  1. Improved safety conditions.
  2. Reduced work hours.
  3. Restrictions on child labor.



Women's Suffrage

  1. Increased educational opportunities.
  2. Attained voting rights.
  3. Gained the right to vote by the 19th Amendment. (Susan B. Anthony)

Temperance Movement

  1. Composed of groups opposing the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol.
  2. The 18th Amendment made the manufacturing, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages illegal.

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